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Marcel Wust writes
Stage ReportIt was a tough day for Abraham Olano in his quest to prove he can win the Vuelta. He looked comfortable however as he let his teammate and climbing specialist, Jose Maria Jimenez win the 199.3 stage from Vic to Andorra Jimenez was assigned the role of watching Kelme's Fernando Escartin who was considered the principal danger once the race started going into the mountains. Jimenez sat the wheel of Escartin over the last of the 4 major climbs and then dropped him 3 kms before the finish at the Andorra ski village (1999 metres) to win by 16 seconds. Escartin however clawed back 1.15 on GC and is now in 3rd spot only 1.10 behind leader Olano. Jimenez, an early GC leader lost a lot of time in the ITT and is now only 1.36 down on Olano.He told the press later that his role in the race was clearly to help Olano win the Tour. Olano, for his part, was 1.31 down on Jimenez in a small group containing Jalabert and Zulle among others, and was happy with the way things panned out. He told the press: "This could have been my worst day. This was the best day to attack me, but instead I had no problems. I felt strong and comfortable, and the rest of the mountainous stages are not so severe as this one." Not so happy were a number of riders who were shattered by the climbing. 13 riders abandoned including Laurent Dufaux who indicated he was sick as the race went up the first mountain for the day. The other big loser for the day was David Garcia who fractured his left hip following a bad crash on one of the descents. Stage 10, Vic - Andorra Estacio de Pal, 200 kms:1. José Maria Jiminez Sastre (Spa) Banesto 5.22.39 (37.062) 2. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.16 3. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.26 4. Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei-Bricobi 1.31 5. Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.31 6. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.31 7. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.31 8. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto 1.31 9. José Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Avianca-Telecom 1.31 10. Alex Zülle (Swi) Festina-Lotus 1.31 11. Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) Banesto 1.31 12. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.31 13. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 1.31 14. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.31 15. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31 16. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Polti 1.31 17. Pascal Hervé (Spa) Festina-Lotus 2.17 18. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 2.17 19. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal 2.19 20. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Cofidis 2.19 21. Julio César Aguirre Cabrera (Col) Avianca-Telecom 2.34 22. Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 2.45 23. Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.45 24. Dario Frigo (Ita) Saeco 4.18 25. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 4.18 26. Jairo Hernandez Montoya (Col) Avianca-Telecom 5.02 27. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 5.28 28. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 6.00 29. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 6.00 30. Ludo Dierickxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 7.02 31. Michael Claus Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 7.02 32. Luis Ricardo Mesa (Col) Avianca-Telecom 7.02 33. Ramón Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.04 34. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 7.04 35. Melcihor Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 7.36 36. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 7.36 37. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Post Swiss Team 7.36 38. Inaki Aiarzaguena Urkidi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.36 39. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.06 40. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 10.32 41. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.32 42. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina Tollo 10.32 43. Federico Muñoz Fernandez (Col) Avianca-Telecom 10.32 44. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco 14.31 45. Francisco Javier Cerezo (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 15.54 46. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 15.54 47. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 16.09 48. Iñigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.17 49. Javier Pascual Llorente (Col) Avianca-Telecom 19.17 50. Vitali Kokorin (Rus) Saeco 20.54 51. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar 20.54 52. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 20.54 53. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 20.54 54. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 20.54 55. Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 20.54 56. Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Polti 20.54 57. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 20.54 58. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 20.54 59. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 20.54 60. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 20.54 61. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Saeco 20.54 62. Victor Hugo Peña Grisales (Col)Avianca-Telecom 20.54 63. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 20.54 64. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 20.54 65. Matías Cagigas (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 20.54 66. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 20.54 67. Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.00 68. Olivier Pereaudeau (Fra) Credit Agricole 26.20 69. José Ramon Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 26.20 70. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 26.20 71. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 26.20 72. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 26.20 73. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 26.20 74. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 26.20 75. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26.20 76. Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26.20 77. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 26.20 78. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 26.20 79. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 26.20 80. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team 26.20 81. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 26.20 82. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina-Lotus 26.20 83. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 26.20 84. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 26.20 85. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 26.20 86. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 26.20 87. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 26.20 88. Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.20 89. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 26.20 90. Micheal Rich (Ger) Saeco 26.20 91. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Polti 26.20 92. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 26.20 93. Luis Maria Diaz De Otazu (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 26.20 94. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco 26.20 95. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco 26.20 96. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 26.20 97. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 26.20 98. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Telekom 26.20 99. Maurizio Frizzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 26.20 100. José Jaime Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26.20 101. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 26.20 102. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26.20 103. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 26.20 104. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 26.20 105. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 26.20 106. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal 26.20 107. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal 26.20 108. Serguei Gontchar (Rus) Cantina Tollo 26.20 109. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros 26.20 110. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 26.20 111. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 26.20 112. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 30.41 113. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 30.41 114. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 30.41 115. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 30.41 116. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Telekom 30.41 117. Guido Wirz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 30.41 118. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 30.41 119. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM-Farm Frites 30.41 120. Francisco Leon Mane (Col) Avianca-Telecom 30.41 121. Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Polti 30.41 122. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 30.41 123. Henk Vogels (Aus) Credit Agricole 30.41 124. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team 30.41 125. Richard Chassot (Swi) Post Swiss Team 30.41 126. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 30.41 127. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 30.41 128. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 30.41 129. Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis 30.41 130. Ruslan Ivanov (Rus) Brescialat-Liquigas 30.41 131. Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 30.41 132. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 30.41 133. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Cantina Tollo 30.41 134. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Telekom 30.41 135. Georg Totsching (Aut) Telekom 30.41 136. German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 30.41 137. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal 30.41 138. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 30.41 139. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 30.41 140. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 30.41 141. Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 30.41 142. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac 30.41 143. Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Banesto 30.41 144. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 30.41 145. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 30.41 146. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 30.41 147. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 30.41 148. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 30.41 149. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 30.41 150. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus 31.22 151. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal 31.43 152. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 32.04 153. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 32.04 154. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Credit Agricole 32.07 155. Cyril Bos (Fra) Credit Agricole 34.07 156. Victor Moratilla Solera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 44.47 GC after Stage 10
1. Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) Banesto 42.56.59 2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.41 3. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.10 4. José Maria Jiminez Sastre (Spa) Banesto 1.36 5. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.06 6. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal 2.18 7. Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 2.20 8. Alex Zülle (Swi) Festina-Lotus 2.25 9. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.43 10. Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei-Bricobi 2.44 11. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto 2.58 12. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.13 13. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.38 14. José Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Avianca-Telecom 4.09 15. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 4.41 16. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Cofidis 5.03 17. Dario Frigo (Ita) Saeco 5.39 18. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 6.20 19. Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 6.32 20. Pascal Hervé (Spa) Festina-Lotus 6.32 21. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 7.04 22. Melcihor Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 7.13 23. Michael Claus Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 7.19 24. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 7.43 25. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 8.09 26. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Polti 9.42 27. Jairo Hernandez Montoya (Col) Avianca-Telecom 9.49 28. Ludo Dierickxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 10.28 29. Inaki Aiarzaguena Urkidi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.22 30. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 11.25 31. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 11.42 32. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina Tollo 12.46 33. Julio César Aguirre Cabrera (Col) Avianca-Telecom 13.06 34. Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.46 35. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 13.49 36. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.51 37. Ramón Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.24 38. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Post Swiss Team 16.34 39. Luis Ricardo Mesa (Col) Avianca-Telecom 18.02 40. Federico Muñoz Fernandez (Col) Avianca-Telecom 18.22 41. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 21.26 42. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 23.37 43. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 23.59 44. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24.32 45. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 24.50 46. Iñigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.45 47. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 26.44 48. Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Polti 27.00 49. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 27.08 50. Francisco Javier Cerezo (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 27.42 51. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar 27.56 52. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 27.57 53. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 28.29 54. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 28.52 55. Vitali Kokorin (Rus) Saeco 29.33 56. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 29.34 57. Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.02 58. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 31.04 59. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 31.30 60. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 32.29 61. Javier Pascual Llorente (Col) Avianca-Telecom 33.48 62. José Ramon Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 34.07 63. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 34.22 64. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 34.44 65. Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 34.48 66. Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 36.07 67. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 36.09 68. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Saeco 36.33 69. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 39.01 70. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco 39.13 71. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 39.54 72. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 40.07 73. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco 40.20 74. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 41.09 75. Maurizio Frizzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 45.00 76. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros 45.08 77. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 47.36 78. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 48.03 79. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 48.13 80. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal 48.19 81. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 48.39 82. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Telekom 48.54 83. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 49.07 84. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team 49.32 85. Georg Totsching (Aut) Telekom 50.11 86. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 50.58 87. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 50.59 88. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 51.23 89. Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Banesto 54.22 90. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 54.57 91. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 55.17 92. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 55.54 93. Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 56.00 94. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 58.00 95. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 58.11 96. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Cantina Tollo 58.26 97. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 58.50 98. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 59.01 99. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 59.08 100. Serguei Gontchar (Rus) Cantina Tollo 1.00.55 101. Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03.26 102. Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 1.03.49 103. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.04.49 104. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Polti 1.05.33 105. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.06.05 106. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 1.06.13 107. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 1.07.42 108. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Telekom 1.08.26 109. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 1.09.13 110. Luis Maria Diaz De Otazu (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.09.36 111. José Jaime Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.10.11 112. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac 1.10.54 113. Micheal Rich (Ger) Saeco 1.10.56 114. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.11.51 115. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 1.12.46 116. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal 1.13.03 117. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 1.13.54 118. Victor Hugo Peña Grisales (Col)Avianca-Telecom 1.14.15 119. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco 1.14.28 120. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 1.14.35 121. Matías Cagigas (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 1.14.38 122. Olivier Pereaudeau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.14.54 123. Ruslan Ivanov (Rus) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.17.07 124. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.18.10 125. Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis 1.18.42 126. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 1.19.23 127. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.21.11 128. Francisco Leon Mane (Col) Avianca-Telecom 1.21.30 129. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 1.21.46 130. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 1.23.33 131. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.23.57 132. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal 1.23.57 133. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.24.12 134. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus 1.25.04 135. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 1.25.11 136. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 1.25.29 137. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 1.26.40 138. Richard Chassot (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.27.00 139. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Telekom 1.27.47 140. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM-Farm Frites 1.28.36 141. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 1.29.20 142. Henk Vogels (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.31.20 143. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.32.32 144. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 1.33.32 145. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina-Lotus 1.34.10 146. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 1.38.43 147. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 1.40.50 148. Victor Moratilla Solera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 1.41.15 149. Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Polti 1.42.07 150. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.44.01 151. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 1.44.09 152. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.49.13 153. Cyril Bos (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.49.35 154. German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 1.50.33 155. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal 2.02.33 156. Guido Wirz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.16.40 |