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Marcel Wust writes
Stage ReportItalian Fabrizio Guidi (Polti) won the stage into Salamanca, his third win in this year's Vuelta. Since the start in Cordoba, 5 riders have won 13 of the 18 stages contested. This fact has consequences for the prize split. Some 103 million pesetas will be given out after the last stage on Sunday in Madrid. Compared to the yellow jersey, currently Abraham Olano (Banesto), these 5 riders will leave with significant earnings.The best paid will be Spaniard José Maria Jimenez, third overall, and winner of 4 stages. Then Fabrizio Guidi, 3 stage wins, German Marcel Wust (Festina), Russian Andrei Zintchenko (Vitalicio) and Dutchman Jeroen Blijlevens (TVM) each with 2 stage wins. The record for stage wins in a single Vuelta is held by the Belgian Freddy Maertens, who won a staggering 13 stages in 1997. Today's stage on the plateu of the Vieille Castille, between Léon and Salamanque (230 kms) was marked by heavy win. The peloton did not make quick progress. They took it easy. On one occassion, however, the recreation was suspended. The first attack came at the 136 kms mark. Mariano Piccoli (Brescialat), Matias Cagigas (Estepona) and Anthony Rokia (Polti), were quickly joined by 6 others and this provoked the first serious split in the field. They created a 30 second gap rather quickly. The peloton however responded. The main casualties of this move were Marcel Wust who was seeking a third stage win himself and the Spanish rider Manuel Beltran (Banesto), who was 8th on GC at 2.52. They finally finished the stage 9.49 down on Guidi. Marcel was lost in the wind and not in the top group which had the sprinters from the other teams prominent. He also finished in Beltran's group at 9.49. The teams to benefit from the attack were Vitalicio (Smetanine), Kelme (Edo) and Polti (Guidi). There were other attempts to get away. Ukrainian Serguei Outschakov (TVM) and Belgian Ludo Dierckxens (Lotto) tried to kill off the sprinters. Their solitary efforts came to nothing. Like in Granada (Stage 4) and at Palma de Mallorca (Stage 8), Fabrizio Guidi was dominant at the end. He won in front off Peter Van Petegem (TVM) and Marcus Zberg (Post Swiss). Stage 18, Leon - Salamanca, 223 kms:1. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 5.59.39 (38.371) 2. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 3. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 4. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 5. Ludo Dierickxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 6. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 7. Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 9. Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 10. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 11. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Post Swiss Team 12. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 13. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 14. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 15. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 17. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 18. Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 19. Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei-Bricobi 20. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 21. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 22. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal 23. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Telekom 25. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26. Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) Banesto 27. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 28. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 29. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 30. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 31. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32. José Maria Jiminez Sastre (Spa) Banesto 33. Alex Zülle (Fra) Festina-Lotus 34. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 36. Serguei Gontchar (Rus) Cantina Tollo 37. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 38. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 39. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 40. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 41. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 42. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 43. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal 44. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 45. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 46. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 48. José Ramon Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 49. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco 50. Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51. Pascal Hervé (Spa) Festina-Lotus 52. Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 53. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 54. Melcihor Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 55. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team 56. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Polti 57. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 58. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 59. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 60. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 61. José Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Avianca-Telecom 62. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Cofidis 63. Iñigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64. Michael Claus Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 65. Federico Muñoz Fernandez (Col) Avianca-Telecom 66. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 67. Javier Pascual Llorente (Col) Avianca-Telecom 68. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 69. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 70. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 71. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 72. Inaki Aiarzaguena Urkidi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 74. Micheal Rich (Ger) Saeco 75. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 76. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 77. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM-Farm Frites 78. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Saeco 79. Luis Maria Diaz De Otazu (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 80. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 81. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 82. Georg Totsching (Aut) Telekom 83. Ruslan Ivanov (Rus) Brescialat-Liquigas 84. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal 85. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 86. José Jaime Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 87. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 88. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 89. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 90. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal 91. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 92. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 93. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 94. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 95. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac 1.04 96. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.04 97. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.28 98. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.31 99. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 1.31 100. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.31 101. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.31 102. Vitali Kokorin (Rus) Saeco 5.25 103. Julio César Aguirre Cabrera (Col) Avianca-Telecom 6.49 104. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 6.49 105. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 6.49 106. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 9.49 107. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus 9.49 108. Victor Moratilla Solera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 9.49 109. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 9.49 110. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 9.49 111. German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 9.49 112. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 9.49 113. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 9.49 114. Matías Cagigas (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 9.49 115. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Cantina Tollo 9.49 116. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina Tollo 9.49 117. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 9.49 118. Richard Chassot (Swi) Post Swiss Team 9.49 119. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 9.49 120. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 9.49 121. Francisco Leon Mane (Col) Avianca-Telecom 9.49 122. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Polti 9.49 123. Maurizio Frizzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 9.49 124. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto 9.49 GC after Stage 18
1. Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) Banesto 79.00.16 2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.22 3. José Maria Jiminez Sastre (Spa) Banesto 0.31 4. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.38 5. Alex Zülle (Fra) Festina-Lotus 2.12 6. Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 2.17 7. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.36 8. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.04 9. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal 3.20 10. Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Mapei-Bricobi 4.10 11. José Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Avianca-Telecom 4.24 12. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 4.52 13. David Plaza Romero (Spa) Cofidis 6.01 14. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 6.52 15. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.54 16. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.09 17. Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 8.33 18. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 9.13 19. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 11.36 20. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Banesto 12.41 21. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino 14.38 22. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.23 23. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 17.56 24. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 18.16 25. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 18.18 26. Mirko Gualdi (Ita) Polti 19.11 27. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 20.04 28. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) Polti 20.33 29. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 20.43 30. Inaki Aiarzaguena Urkidi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.06 31. Melcihor Mauri Prat (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 21.35 32. Pascal Hervé (Spa) Festina-Lotus 22.29 33. Julio César Aguirre Cabrera (Col) Avianca-Telecom 23.14 34. Ludo Dierickxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 25.16 35. Michael Claus Moller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 25.43 36. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30.22 37. Iñigo Chaurreau Bernadez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.25 38. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 31.23 39. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 31.57 40. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Post Swiss Team 33.33 41. Federico Muñoz Fernandez (Col) Avianca-Telecom 34.25 42. José Ramon Uriarte Zubero (Spa) Festina-Lotus 36.18 43. Vitali Kokorin (Rus) Saeco 37.00 44. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 37.57 45. Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.22 46. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 43.33 47. Javier Pascual Llorente (Col) Avianca-Telecom 44.03 48. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 45.20 49. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 49.12 50. Vincent Cali (Fra) Casino 51.20 51. Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 52.01 52. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 52.30 53. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino 52.32 54. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 54.06 55. Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.00.59 56. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.07.06 57. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.07.35 58. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Saeco 1.08.00 59. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.09.09 60. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.09.49 61. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.12.25 62. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Cantina Tollo 1.12.38 63. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.13.09 64. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 1.14.28 65. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 1.17.45 66. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 1.18.06 67. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 1.18.49 68. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 1.20.30 69. Georg Totsching (Aut) Telekom 1.20.31 70. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 1.22.24 71. Franz Hotz (Swi) Post Swiss Team 1.22.43 72. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.24.14 73. Herminio Diaz Zabala (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.27.15 74. Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.27.32 75. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.27.45 76. Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.31.12 77. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.32.56 78. Maurizio Frizzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.33.53 79. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 1.34.59 80. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.35.50 81. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 1.36.46 82. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 1.39.34 83. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom 1.40.28 84. José Jaime Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.40.41 85. Luis Maria Diaz De Otazu (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.41.54 86. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Telekom 1.43.00 87. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.44.57 88. Serguei Gontchar (Rus) Cantina Tollo 1.45.12 89. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.45.51 90. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Cofidis 1.49.24 91. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal 1.50.46 92. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 1.51.18 93. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 1.53.43 94. Gianni Bugno (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 1.55.24 95. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.55.28 96. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Polti 1.59.55 97. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Cantina Tollo 2.01.27 98. Micheal Rich (Ger) Saeco 2.06.02 99. Uwe Peschel (Ger) Estepona-Brepac 2.06.57 100. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal 2.06.57 101. Matías Cagigas (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 2.07.43 102. Ruslan Ivanov (Rus) Brescialat-Liquigas 2.07.55 103. Daniel Paradis (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.08.09 104. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco 2.09.34 105. Richard Chassot (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.09.49 106. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 2.10.11 107. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 2.11.33 108. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 2.13.17 109. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 2.13.47 110. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 2.17.22 111. Francisco Leon Mane (Col) Avianca-Telecom 2.17.50 112. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) TVM-Farm Frites 2.30.31 113. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 2.32.21 114. Victor Moratilla Solera (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 2.33.14 115. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 2.33.42 116. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi 2.36.35 117. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 2.36.40 118. Mark Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 2.37.26 119. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.41.59 120. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 2.42.04 121. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus 2.44.10 122. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal 2.44.48 123. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 3.01.20 124. German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Estepona-Brepac 3.11.06 |