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Marcel Wust writes
Stage ReportThe second day in the mountains placed immense pressure on leader Abraham Olano and after an exciting day's riding he emerged with a narrow lead on GC still in place. The Banesto team also has a new dilemma. Jose Maria Jimenez once again won (his second stage in two days) and once again thwarted the attack from principal threat Kelme's Fernando Escartin. Jimenez now has won 3 stages in the last 6 days. The question for Banesto is whether they support Olano or Jimenez when the Mountains come again later in the Vuelta.The other interesting question concerns the form of Laurent Jalabert (who won overall in 1995). He took time out of Olano in the last kms of the stage with a blistering attack. He finished 13 seconds down on Jimenez and three others (Heras - doing the work for Escartin, Escartin and Clavero), but took 6 seconds off Olano. He now lies second on GC only 35 seconds down. So all the work that Olano did to make the gap in the ITT is being whittled away in the mountains. For his part, Escartin is now only 51 seconds down on Olano. Escartin told the press: "We have to keep fighting but I need to gain three minutes before the time trial." The ITT is 10 days away and there is still plenty of tough riding before then. There are still some more mountains and Escartin will have to work very hard. The toughest two days have gone however. Olano told the press: "I am relieved to have come through these vital days in the mountains, and kept the jersey. Now I don't want to lose it before the time trial." There were 9 riders who finished outside the time limit and 9 abandoned. Of the 198 riders who started only 137 are left (including Marcel!). Stage 11, Andorra (Frontera) - Cerler, 186 kms:1. José Maria Jiminez Sastre (Spa) Banesto 4.55.05 (37.82) 2. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4. Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 5. Alex Zülle (Swi) Festina-Lotus 0.13 6. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.13 7. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto 0.13 8. Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) Banesto 0.19 9. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.19 10. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Polti 0.19 11. José Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Avianca-Telecom 0.22 12. Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei-Bricobi 0.22 13. Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.22 14. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.22 15. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 0.31 16. Pascal Hervé (Spa) Festina-Lotus 0.37 17. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 0.37 18. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal 0.45 19. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Cofidis 0.47 20. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 0.49 21. Vitali Kokorin (Rus) Saeco 1.07 22. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.07 23. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.11 24. Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 1.11 25. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 1.11 26. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 1.11 27. Luis Ricardo Mesa (Col) Avianca-Telecom 1.22 28. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.22 29. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.22 30. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22 31. Julio César Aguirre Cabrera (Col) Avianca-Telecom 1.26 32. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.52 33. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.55 34. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 2.09 35. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2.10 36. Iñigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.28 37. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.53 38. José Ramon Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 2.53 39. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 3.13 40. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 3.41 41. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 4.30 42. José Jaime Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.05 43. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco 5.21 44. Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.59 45. Jairo Hernandez Montoya (Col) Avianca-Telecom 6.42 46. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 6.59 47. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 6.59 48. Michael Claus Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 7.59 49. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 7.59 50. Javier Pascual Llorente (Col) Avianca-Telecom 7.59 51. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 7.59 52. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 7.59 53. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 7.59 54. Georg Totsching (Aut) Telekom 7.59 55. Francisco Javier Cerezo (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 7.59 56. Melcihor Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 7.59 57. Inaki Aiarzaguena Urkidi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.59 58. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 7.59 59. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team 14.01 60. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 14.01 61. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 14.01 62. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 14.01 63. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 14.01 64. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 14.01 65. Richard Chassot (Swi) Post Swiss Team 14.01 66. Ludo Dierickxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 14.01 67. Federico Muñoz Fernandez (Col) Avianca-Telecom 14.01 68. Maurizio Frizzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 14.01 69. Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 14.01 70. Francisco Leon Mane (Col) Avianca-Telecom 14.01 71. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 14.01 72. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.01 73. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 14.01 74. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal 14.01 75. Matías Cagigas (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 14.01 76. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 14.01 77. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 14.52 78. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 15.14 79. Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21.02 80. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 21.02 81. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 21.02 82. Victor Moratilla Solera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 21.02 83. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21.02 84. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 21.02 85. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21.02 86. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team 21.02 87. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 21.02 88. Luis Maria Diaz De Otazu (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 21.02 89. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 21.02 90. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 21.02 91. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 21.02 92. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 21.02 93. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 21.02 94. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 21.02 95. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Saeco 21.02 96. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal 21.02 97. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Polti 21.02 98. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 21.02 99. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 21.02 100. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 21.02 101. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 21.02 102. Serguei Gontchar (Rus) Cantina Tollo 21.02 103. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac 21.02 104. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina Tollo 21.02 105. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 21.02 106. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 24.53 107. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 24.53 108. Micheal Rich (Ger) Saeco 24.53 109. Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Polti 24.53 110. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 24.53 111. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 24.53 112. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Telekom 24.53 113. Ruslan Ivanov (Rus) Brescialat-Liquigas 24.53 114. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 24.53 115. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 24.53 116. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Cantina Tollo 24.53 117. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 24.53 118. German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 24.53 119. Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 24.53 120. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco 24.53 121. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros 24.53 122. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 24.53 123. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 24.53 124. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 24.53 125. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM-Farm Frites 24.53 126. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal 24.53 127. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 24.53 128. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 24.53 129. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 24.53 130. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 24.53 131. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 24.53 132. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 24.53 133. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 24.53 134. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal 24.53 135. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 24.53 136. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus 27.09 137. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 36.32 GC after Stage 11
1. Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) Banesto 47.52.23 2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.35 3. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.51 4. José Maria Jiminez Sastre (Spa) Banesto 1.17 5. Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 2.01 6. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.09 7. Alex Zülle (Swi) Festina-Lotus 2.19 8. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.24 9. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal 2.44 10. Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei-Bricobi 2.47 11. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto 2.52 12. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.38 13. José Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Avianca-Telecom 4.12 14. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.46 15. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 4.59 16. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Cofidis 5.31 17. Pascal Hervé (Spa) Festina-Lotus 6.50 18. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 7.16 19. Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 7.24 20. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 8.46 21. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Polti 9.42 22. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 9.45 23. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 10.31 24. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 12.17 25. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 12.34 26. Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.49 27. Julio César Aguirre Cabrera (Col) Avianca-Telecom 14.13 28. Melcihor Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 14.53 29. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.54 30. Michael Claus Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 14.59 31. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 15.39 32. Jairo Hernandez Montoya (Col) Avianca-Telecom 16.32 33. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Post Swiss Team 17.26 34. Inaki Aiarzaguena Urkidi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.02 35. Luis Ricardo Mesa (Col) Avianca-Telecom 19.05 36. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 21.56 37. Ludo Dierickxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 24.10 38. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 24.25 39. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 25.53 40. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 27.06 41. Iñigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.54 42. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 30.06 43. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 30.20 44. Vitali Kokorin (Rus) Saeco 30.21 45. Federico Muñoz Fernandez (Col) Avianca-Telecom 32.04 46. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina Tollo 33.29 47. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 34.24 48. Francisco Javier Cerezo (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 35.22 49. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 35.32 50. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 35.37 51. Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.42 52. José Ramon Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 37.01 53. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 40.50 54. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 41.22 55. Javier Pascual Llorente (Col) Avianca-Telecom 41.28 56. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 43.16 57. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco 45.22 58. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 47.24 59. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 47.34 60. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 48.33 61. Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 49.49 62. Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Polti 51.34 63. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 51.47 64. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 53.49 65. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 55.27 66. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Saeco 57.16 67. Georg Totsching (Aut) Telekom 57.51 68. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 58.38 69. Maurizio Frizzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 58.42 70. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 1.00.43 71. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.03.34 72. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.03.34 73. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 1.03.35 74. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 1.04.41 75. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.05.43 76. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 1.08.19 77. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.08.46 78. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal 1.09.12 79. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros 1.09.42 80. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.09.50 81. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.12.06 82. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.12.13 83. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.12.29 84. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 1.12.43 85. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 1.12.47 86. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.13.13 87. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Telekom 1.13.28 88. José Jaime Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.14.57 89. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.15.40 90. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 1.16.00 91. Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.16.43 92. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.18.43 93. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.19.47 94. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.19.51 95. Serguei Gontchar (Rus) Cantina Tollo 1.21.38 96. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Cantina Tollo 1.23.00 97. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 1.23.24 98. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Polti 1.26.16 99. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal 1.26.45 100. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 1.26.56 101. Matías Cagigas (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 1.28.20 102. Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 1.28.23 103. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 1.28.25 104. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 1.28.27 105. Luis Maria Diaz De Otazu (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.30.19 106. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac 1.31.37 107. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.32.34 108. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 1.33.29 109. Francisco Leon Mane (Col) Avianca-Telecom 1.35.12 110. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 1.35.28 111. Micheal Rich (Ger) Saeco 1.35.50 112. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.38.53 113. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 1.39.09 114. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco 1.39.22 115. Richard Chassot (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.40.42 116. Ruslan Ivanov (Rus) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.41.41 117. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 1.43.57 118. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.44.40 119. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.45.45 120. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 1.46.12 121. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 1.48.07 122. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal 1.48.31 123. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.48.46 124. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 1.51.14 125. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus 1.51.54 126. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM-Farm Frites 1.53.10 127. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 1.53.54 128. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.57.06 129. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 1.58.06 130. Victor Moratilla Solera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 2.02.08 131. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.02.55 132. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 2.04.52 133. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 2.05.24 134. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 2.08.35 135. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 2.14.56 136. German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 2.15.07 137. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal 2.27.07 |