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Marcel Wust writes
Stage ReportAs reported by Marcel in his latest offering, it was a "sort of" hometown boy victoryon Sunday for Andrei Zintchenko, the Russian rider for the Vitalicio Seguros team. He has lived in Soria for the last year after having lived in Spain for the last 4 years. He lives with fellow Russian Sergei Smetanin, a point which he emphasises: "I have lived in Spain for four years. When Smetanin joined me it was great to have someone from Russia, especially when you are 4,000 kilometres from your native home."Zintchenko is having a great Vuelta. He has won two stages in 3 days. All the non-climbers had to take their chance on this stage because tomorrow the race goes uphill in the Burgos region on Monday. The climbers will battle it out for overall leadership with Abraham Olano hanging on to a small lead on other fancied riders. But on Stage 15, the highlight was the battle fought between Zintchenko and Cofidis rider David Plaza which started some 70 kms out from the finish. Finally, Zintchenko won the stage by 3 seconds with a peloton a further 50 seconds behind second-place getter Plaza. Fabrizio Guidi won the bunch sprint. The news media reported at the beginning of this stage that Marcel Wust has now become the fastest road-race stage winner in any of the three major national tours (Tour, Giro and Vuelta). His 51.1 km/h average speed was better than the previous best of 49.4 km/h achieved by Johan Bruyneel in the 1993 Tour de France. On Monday, the race finishes high up in the mountains at Lagunas de Neila (1890 metres). Stage 15, Zaragoza - Soria, 178.8 kms:1. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 4.06.06 (43.568) 2. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Cofidis 0.03 3. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 0.56 4. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.56 5. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 0.56 6. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 0.56 7. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 0.56 8. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 0.56 9. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina Tollo 0.56 10. Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei-Bricobi 0.56 11. José Maria Jiminez Sastre (Spa) Banesto 0.56 12. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.56 13. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 0.56 14. Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.56 15. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.56 16. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.56 17. Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.56 18. Vitali Kokorin (Rus) Saeco 0.56 19. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 0.56 20. Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) Banesto 0.56 21. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 0.56 22. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto 0.56 23. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 0.56 24. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal 0.56 25. Ludo Dierickxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.56 26. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.56 27. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.56 28. Alex Zülle (Swi) Festina-Lotus 0.56 29. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.56 30. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.56 31. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.56 32. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.56 33. José Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Avianca-Telecom 0.56 34. Inaki Aiarzaguena Urkidi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.56 35. Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 0.56 36. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 0.56 37. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.56 38. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 0.56 39. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.56 40. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Polti 0.56 41. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 0.56 42. Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.56 43. Federico Muñoz Fernandez (Col) Avianca-Telecom 0.56 44. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.56 45. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 0.56 46. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.56 47. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 0.56 48. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.56 49. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 0.56 50. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 0.56 51. Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 0.56 52. Javier Pascual Llorente (Col) Avianca-Telecom 0.56 53. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.56 54. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 0.56 55. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.56 56. Pascal Hervé (Spa) Festina-Lotus 0.56 57. José Ramon Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 0.56 58. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.56 59. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 0.56 60. Julio César Aguirre Cabrera (Col) Avianca-Telecom 0.56 61. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco 0.56 62. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal 0.56 63. Victor Moratilla Solera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 0.56 64. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.09 65. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.12 66. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 1.23 67. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 1.23 68. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Saeco 1.23 69. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.23 70. Iñigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.23 71. Michael Claus Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 1.23 72. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 1.59 73. Melcihor Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.59 74. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.59 75. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 1.59 76. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.59 77. Ruslan Ivanov (Rus) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.59 78. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 2.14 79. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 2.14 80. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2.14 81. Micheal Rich (Ger) Saeco 2.14 82. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.14 83. Luis Maria Diaz De Otazu (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2.14 84. Richard Chassot (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.14 85. José Jaime Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.14 86. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco 2.14 87. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal 2.14 88. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 2.14 89. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 2.14 90. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2.14 91. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 2.14 92. Serguei Gontchar (Rus) Cantina Tollo 2.14 93. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal 2.14 94. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 2.14 95. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 2.14 96. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.14 97. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.14 98. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2.14 99. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 2.14 100. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 2.14 101. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Polti 2.14 102. Maurizio Frizzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.32 103. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.32 104. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 3.01 105. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 3.13 106. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Telekom 3.13 107. Georg Totsching (Aut) Telekom 3.13 108. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac 3.13 109. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 3.13 110. German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 3.13 111. Matías Cagigas (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 3.13 112. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 3.13 113. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 3.13 114. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal 3.13 115. Francisco Leon Mane (Col) Avianca-Telecom 3.13 116. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Cantina Tollo 3.13 117. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM-Farm Frites 3.13 118. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 3.13 119. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 3.13 120. Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 3.13 121. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 3.13 122. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 3.50 123. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus 11.02 124. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 11.02 125. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 11.02 126. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.02 127. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 11.02 128. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 11.02 GC after Stage 15
1. Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) Banesto 64.36.06 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. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Cofidis 4.38 15. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.46 16. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 4.59 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 13.01 25. Julio César Aguirre Cabrera (Col) Avianca-Telecom 14.13 26. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.54 27. Michael Claus Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 15.26 28. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 15.39 29. Melcihor Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 15.56 30. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 17.09 31. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 17.21 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 28.21 38. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 30.06 39. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 30.20 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 36.04 46. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 40.50 47. Javier Pascual Llorente (Col) Avianca-Telecom 41.28 48. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 43.16 49. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 43.39 50. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco 45.12 51. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 48.37 52. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 49.35 53. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 49.36 54. Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 49.49 55. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina Tollo 51.13 56. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 51.34 57. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 55.53 58. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 56.49 59. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Saeco 57.43 60. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.02.08 61. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 1.03.35 62. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.03.47 63. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.04.37 64. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.05.43 65. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.07.26 66. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 1.07.39 67. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 1.07.49 68. Maurizio Frizzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.09.54 69. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.10.04 70. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 1.10.13 71. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.12.06 72. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.14.34 73. Georg Totsching (Aut) Telekom 1.14.52 74. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.15.18 75. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 1.15.52 76. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 1.16.45 77. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.16.58 78. Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.17.02 79. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.21.19 80. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.22.02 81. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 1.26.29 82. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.29.19 83. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 1.29.20 84. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal 1.29.40 85. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 1.29.43 86. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 1.29.44 87. Serguei Gontchar (Rus) Cantina Tollo 1.31.02 88. Luis Maria Diaz De Otazu (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.31.37 89. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Telekom 1.32.43 90. José Jaime Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.34.26 91. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 1.35.14 92. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 1.35.28 93. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.35.34 94. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.37.08 95. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.39.47 96. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 1.40.27 97. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Cantina Tollo 1.41.21 98. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal 1.42.47 99. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Polti 1.45.45 100. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 1.46.12 101. Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 1.46.29 102. Matías Cagigas (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 1.46.30 103. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac 1.51.43 104. Micheal Rich (Ger) Saeco 1.51.52 105. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal 1.52.47 106. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco 1.55.24 107. Francisco Leon Mane (Col) Avianca-Telecom 1.55.40 108. Richard Chassot (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.56.44 109. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 1.57.23 110. Ruslan Ivanov (Rus) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.57.28 111. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.59.07 112. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 1.59.37 113. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.00.42 114. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 2.03.12 115. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 2.07.36 116. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 2.13.27 117. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.13.36 118. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM-Farm Frites 2.16.21 119. Victor Moratilla Solera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 2.16.52 120. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus 2.20.11 121. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 2.22.25 122. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 2.22.30 123. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.24.38 124. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 2.26.23 125. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.29.59 126. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 2.36.37 127. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal 2.41.51 128. German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 2.47.07 |