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Stage ReportMarcel Wust, the man who provides us with the pain and suffering column finally broke through to take the 14th Stage in a thrilling finish. The notable features of the win were it was by a hair's width and also the average speed was an incredible 51.137 for the 145.5 kms journey between Biescas and Zaragoza.The stage was animated early by a breakaway group who attacked after only 5 kms. They were caught only 5 kms from the line. The 15 strong group however challenged Abraham Olano's overall leadership because it contained Kelme's Roberto Heras (2.24 down on GC overnight) and Banesto and ONCE were forced to chase. The speed of the stage can be sourced to that. Heras now will work for his team leader Fernando Escartin (51 seconds down on GC) as the race goes back into the mountains on Monday. Kelme are certain to launch many attacks over the 3 climbs in the Burgos on Monday. Anyway, Marcel told the press: "I have had a lot of close calls but second places are worth nothing. Everyone in my team worked hard for me. To have suffered through the mountains like I did, and now this success. I am the happiest man in the world." We will hear more from him directly. Stage 14, Biescas - Zaragoza, 145.5 kms:1. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus 2.50.43 (51.137) 2. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 3. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 4. Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 6. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Telekom 8. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 9. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 10. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal 11. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 12. Victor Moratilla Solera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 13. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 14. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 15. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team 16. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco 17. Javier Pascual Llorente (Col) Avianca-Telecom 18. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Post Swiss Team 19. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 20. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 21. Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 22. Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei-Bricobi 23. German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 24. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 25. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26. Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) Banesto 27. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 28. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 29. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Cantina Tollo 30. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 31. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 32. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 33. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 34. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 35. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 36. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 37. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto 39. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 41. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 42. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 43. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 44. Pascal Hervé (Spa) Festina-Lotus 45. Alex Zülle (Swi) Festina-Lotus 46. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 47. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 48. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 50. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 51. Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 52. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 53. Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 55. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 56. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 57. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 58. José Maria Jiminez Sastre (Spa) Banesto 59. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 60. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team 61. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 62. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Polti 63. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 64. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 65. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 66. Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 67. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 68. José Ramon Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 69. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 70. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 71. Inaki Aiarzaguena Urkidi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72. Michael Claus Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 73. Iñigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74. José Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Avianca-Telecom 75. Luis Maria Diaz De Otazu (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 76. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco 77. Melcihor Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 78. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM-Farm Frites 79. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 80. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 81. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 82. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 83. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 84. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 85. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal 86. Ludo Dierickxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 87. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Cofidis 88. Richard Chassot (Swi) Post Swiss Team 89. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 90. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 91. Francisco Leon Mane (Col) Avianca-Telecom 92. Vitali Kokorin (Rus) Saeco 93. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 94. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 95. Serguei Gontchar (Rus) Cantina Tollo 96. Federico Muñoz Fernandez (Col) Avianca-Telecom 97. Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 98. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 99. Georg Totsching (Aut) Telekom 100. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 101. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 102. Julio César Aguirre Cabrera (Col) Avianca-Telecom 103. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal 104. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 105. José Jaime Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 106. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 107. Maurizio Frizzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 108. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 109. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 110. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal 111. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal 112. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 113. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 114. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 115. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Saeco 116. Ruslan Ivanov (Rus) Brescialat-Liquigas 117. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 118. Micheal Rich (Ger) Saeco 119. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 120. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 121. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Polti 122. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac 123. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 124. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Credit Agricole 125. Matías Cagigas (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 0.39 126. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.25 127. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 3.00 128. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina Tollo 3.00 129. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 27.11 GC after Stage 14
1. Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) Banesto 60.29.04 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. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 5.57 18. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 6.28 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. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 12.17 24. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 12.34 25. Julio César Aguirre Cabrera (Col) Avianca-Telecom 14.13 26. Melcihor Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 14.53 27. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.54 28. Michael Claus Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 14.59 29. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 15.39 30. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 17.09 31. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 18.17 32. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 18.39 33. Inaki Aiarzaguena Urkidi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.02 34. Pascal Hervé (Spa) Festina-Lotus 21.34 35. Ludo Dierickxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 22.51 36. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 27.06 37. Iñigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.54 38. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 30.06 39. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 30.2 40. Vitali Kokorin (Rus) Saeco 30.21 41. José Ramon Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 31.19 42. Federico Muñoz Fernandez (Col) Avianca-Telecom 32.04 43. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Post Swiss Team 32.10 44. Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.23 45. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 35.37 46. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 40.50 47. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 41.22 48. Javier Pascual Llorente (Col) Avianca-Telecom 41.28 49. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 43.16 50. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco 45.12 51. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 47.19 52. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 47.34 53. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 49.08 54. Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 49.49 55. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 50.16 56. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina Tollo 51.13 57. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 54.35 58. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 56.49 59. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Saeco 57.16 60. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.02.08 61. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.03.34 62. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.03.34 63. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 1.03.35 64. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.05.43 65. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.06.08 66. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 1.06.31 67. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 1.07.39 68. Maurizio Frizzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.08.18 69. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.08.46 70. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 1.10.13 71. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.12.06 72. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.12.29 73. Georg Totsching (Aut) Telekom 1.12.35 74. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.14.00 75. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 1.15.27 76. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.15.40 77. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 1.15.52 78. Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.17.02 79. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.19.02 80. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.22.02 81. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 1.26.29 82. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal 1.27.23 83. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 1.27.27 84. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.28.01 85. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 1.28.25 86. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 1.29.20 87. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.29.41 88. Serguei Gontchar (Rus) Cantina Tollo 1.29.44 89. Luis Maria Diaz De Otazu (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.30.19 90. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Telekom 1.30.26 91. José Jaime Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.33.08 92. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 1.34.11 93. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.34.31 94. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 1.35.28 95. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.36.52 96. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Cantina Tollo 1.39.04 97. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 1.39.09 98. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal 1.41.29 99. Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 1.44.12 100. Matías Cagigas (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 1.44.13 101. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Polti 1.44.27 102. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 1.44.58 103. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 1.46.12 104. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac 1.49.26 105. Micheal Rich (Ger) Saeco 1.50.34 106. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal 1.51.29 107. Francisco Leon Mane (Col) Avianca-Telecom 1.53.23 108. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco 1.54.06 109. Richard Chassot (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.55.26 110. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 1.56.05 111. Ruslan Ivanov (Rus) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.56.25 112. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 1.57.20 113. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.59.07 114. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.59.24 115. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 2.00.55 116. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.03.30 117. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 2.06.18 118. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus 2.10.05 119. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 2.12.09 120. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM-Farm Frites 2.14.04 121. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 2.16.17 122. Victor Moratilla Solera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 2.16.52 123. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 2.19.36 124. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.19.53 125. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 2.20.08 126. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.23.02 127. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 2.26.31 128. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal 2.41.51 129. German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 2.44.50 |