Vuelta a ArgentinaArgentina, February 23-March 7, 1999 |
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PreviewOur South American reporter Rodrigo Gini writes that the "Vuelta a Argentina" will be held over 1,881 kms. There are 25 teams of 6 cyclists confirmed from Argentina (11 teams), Spain, Italy, Monaco (Amore e Vita), Denmark, Poland (Mroz), Germany, Brasil, Cuba, Colombia, Chile but, strangely, no Uruguayan team. Cantina Tollo/Alexia are represented by Roberto Sgambelluri, Christian Gasperoni, Renzo Magnani, Giusvan Piovaccari, Federico Giabbecucci and Emmanuele Negrini. Riso Scotti/Vinavil has Fabio Malberti, Mauro Bartoli, Oscar Pozzi, Mirko Lauria, Cristian Bianchini and Flavio Zandarin.Prologue, Mar del Plata - Mar del Plata, 5 kms:1. Edgardo Simon (Arg) Keops 5.07 2. Steffen Kjaergaard (Den) Chicky World 0.02 3. Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Keops 0.05 4. Jan Karlsson (Den) Acceptcard 0.06 5. G. Bruneta (Arg) Bianchi 0.07 6. J. Aguirre (Arg) AMA 0.07 7. Lisandro Cruel (Arg) Crush-Entre Rios 0.09 8. Martin Rittsel (Den) Chicky World 0.12 9. Gregorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 0.13 10. Martin Garrido (Arg) Fuenlabrada 0.14 11. Joona Laukka (Fin) Acceptcard 0.15 12. Emilio Carricondo (Arg) Bianchi 0.15 13. Martin Kryger (Den) Acceptcard 0.16 14. Jakob Moe (Den) Acceptcard 0.16 15. Favio Placanica (Arg) Keops 0.17 16. J. Aguero (Arg) AMA 0.18 17. Raúl Ruarte (Arg) AMA 0.19 18. S. Quiroga (Arg) Somu Marplatense 0.21 19. Cesary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 0.21 20. Piotr Przdiat (Pol) Mroz 0.21 21. G. Salas (Arg) Crush-Entre Rios 0.21 22. Sven Holestol (Den) Chicky World 0.22 23. Edgardo Lasabe (Arg) AMA 0.23 24. Maurizio De Pasquale (Ita) Amore e Vita 0.24 25. Pablo Perez (Cub) Cuba 0.25 26. Fabio Malberti (Ita) Riso-Vinavil 0.25 27. J. Flecha (Spa) Fuenlabrada 0.25 28. L. Romero (Cub)Cuba 0.26 29. Daniel Mosler (Arg) Keops 0.26 30. G. Garcia (Arg) Keops 0.26 31. Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Chicky World 0.26 32. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Chicky World 0.27 33. O. Frosasco (Arg) Tres Rios 0.27 34. Marcin Gebka (Pol) Mroz 0.27 35. Jairo Hernandez (Col) Colombia 0.27 36. C. Sanabria (Arg) Tres Rios 0.28 37. M. Medici (Arg) Tres Rios 0.28 38. S. Kristiansen (Den) Acceptcard 0.29 39. Marcelo Moser (Bra) Blumenau 0.29 40. Andres Bermejo (Spa) Fuenlabrada 0.29 41. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 0.30 42. G. Salas (Arg) Entre Rios 0.30 43. Tomaz Brozyna (Pol) Mroz 0.30 44. Inacio Soler (Cub) Cuba 0.30 ... 51. Aitour Babaitsev (Rus) Continentale 0.33 67. Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Riso-Vinavil 0.39 69. Mauro Bartoli (Ita) Riso-Vinavil 0.41 72. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.41 74. Lauri Lunkes (Bra) Blumenau 0.42 80. Victor Moratilla (Spa) Fuenlabrada 0.44 84. Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) Cantina 0.45 97. Massimo Gimondi (Ita) Amore e Vita 0.49 121. Simone Leporatti (Ita) Amore e Vita 1.02 131. Michael Andersson (Den) Acceptcard 2.50 132. Robert Lyne (Ing) Amore e Vita 2.50 132 riders classed No time bonus GC = Stage Classification Stage 1, Mar del Plata - Tandil, 170 kms:1. Cesary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 3.54.59 2. Raúl Ruarte (Arg) AMA 0.15 3. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 4. Gustavo Alaria (Arg) 5. Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo s.t. GC after Stage1
1. Cezary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 4.00.48 2. Raúl Ruarte (Arg) AMA 0.09 3. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 4. Gustavo Alaria (Arg) 0.15 5. Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.15 6. Joona Laukka (Fi) Acceptcard 7. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Acceptcard 8. Harry Lodge (Gbr) Amore e Vita 9. Favio Placanica (Arg) Keops 10. Edgardo Lasabe (Arg) AMA 0.15 Stage 2, Junin - Teodelina - Venado Tuerto, 140 kms:1. Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Acceptcard 2. Juan Manuel Aguirre (Arg) 3. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World GC after Stage 2
1. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World 7.32.07 2. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 0.17 3. Cezary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 0.25 4. Raúl Ruarte (Arg) AMA 0.45 5. Joona Laukka (Fin) Acceptcard 0.47 6. Favio Placanica (Arg) Keops 0.51 7. Svein Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Chicky World 0.56 8. J. Flecha (Spa) Fuenlabrada 0.58 9. Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.06 10. Saul Morales (Spa) Fuenlabrada 1.20 Stage 3, Venado Tuerto - Rosario, 160 kms:1. Flavio Zandarin (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil 4.41.48 2. Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.57 3. Michael Andersso (Swe) Acceptcard 1.15 4. Lisandro Cruel (Arg) Crush-Entre Rios 1.19 5. R. Lorenz (Arg) 1.19 6. Pedro Perez (Cub) Cuba 1.19 GC after Stage 3
1. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World 12.15.04 2. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 0.17 3. Cezary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 0.28 4. Raúl Ruarte (Arg) AMA 0.45 5. Joona Laukka (Fin) Acceptcard 0.49 6. Favio Placanica (Arg) Keops 0.51 7. Svein Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Chicky World 0.56 8. Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.06 9. J. Flecha (Spa) Fuenlabrada 1.18 10. Saul Morales (Spa) Fuenlabrada 1.40 Stage 4, San Lorenzo - Santa Fe - Paraná, 70 kms:1. Marcin Gebka (Pol) Mroz 1.44.58 2. Stig Kristiansen (Nor) Acceptcard 3. Martin Kryger (Den) Acceptcard GC after Stage 4
1. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky WorldNote: this stage was shortened to 70 kms from 170 kms. Stage 5, Rio Suquia Circuit (Córdoba - Córdoba), 140 kms:1. Jan Karlsson (Den) Acceptcard 3.32.00 2. Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Mroz 0.07 3. Marcin Gebka (Pol) Mroz 0.14 4. Edgardo Simon (Arg) Keops 0.18 5. R. Lorenz (Arg) Entre Rios 6. Martin Garrido (Arg) Fuenlabrada 7. L. Cuni (Arg) Bianchi 8. Mirko Lauria (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil 9. Marco Magnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo 10. J. Giles (Arg) Pergamino 11. G. Fernandez (Arg) Bianchi 12. Juan Garcia (Col) Colombia 13. M. Medici (Arg) Tres de Febrero 14. F. Placanica (Arg) Keops 15. Flavio Barboza (Arg) Som 16. Ramon Ruarte (Arg) Amaru 17. J. Aguero (Arg) Amaru 18. L. Diaz (Spa) Fuenlabrada 19. Fabian Tapia (Arg) Tres de Febrero 20. G. Garcia (Arg) Keops 21. Emilio Carricondo (Arg) Bianchi 22. Lisandro Cruel (Arg) Tres Rios 2.12 23. C. Paye (Arg) Pergamino 2.35 24. M. Mendoza (Cub) Cuba 25. Martin Rittsel (Den) Chicky World 26. Pablo Perez (Cub) Cuba 27. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 28. J. Capdevilla (Arg) SJN 29. Joona Laukka (Fin) Acceptcard 30. E. Herrera (Cub) Cuba 2.40 31. Fabio Malberti (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil 2.42 32. Mauro Bartoli (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil ... 115. Victor Moratilla (Spa) Fuenlabrada 26.49 116. Heber Pratissoli (Arg) Pergamino 49.21 117. Herbert Gutierrez (Col) Colombia 118. Carlos Osorio (Col) Colombia 119. R. Acevedo (Arg) Tres de Febrero 120. Emmanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 121. F. Guidoni (Arg) Keops 49.21 GC after Stage 5
1. Ramon Ruarte (Arg) Amaru 17.33.05 2. Flavio Placanica (Arg) Keops 0.06 3. Martin Rittsel (Den) Chicky World 1.32 4. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 1.49 5. Joona Laukka (Fin) Acceptcard 2.21 6. G. Garcia (Arg) Keops 4.37 7. Marcin Gebka (Pol) Mroz 6.51 8. Martin Garrido (Arg) Fuenlabrada 6.53 9. J. Aguero (Arg) Amaru 6.56 10. Edgardo Simon (Arg) Keops 6.56 11. Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Mroz 6.58 12. M. Medici (Arg) Tres de Febrero 7.07 13. J. Garcia (Col) Colombia 7.12 14. R. Lorenz (Arg) Entre Rios 7.20 15. L. Cuni (Arg) Bianchi 7.30 16. J. Giles (Arg) Pergamino 7.37 17. Cesary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 8.06 18. Sven Holestol (Den) Chicky World 8.35 19. J. Flecha (Spa) Fuenlabrada 8.37 20. Lisandro Cruel (Arg) Tres Rios 8.39 21. Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 8.45 22. Mirko Lauria (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil 8.51 23. Marco Magnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo 8.51 24. Saul Morales (Spa) Fuenlabrada 8.59 25. A. Lasabe (Arg) Amaru 9.14 26. Pablo Perez (Cub) Cuba 9.20 27. G. Alaria (Arg) Bianchi 9.25 28. M. Mendoza (Cub) Cuba 9.30 29. J. Capdevilla (Arg) Sjn 9.40 30. C. Paye (Arg) Pergamino 10.18 31. G. Fernandez (Arg) Bianchi 11.50 32. S. Quiroga (Arg) Som 13.47 33. J. Aguirre (Arg) Amaru 14.22 34. E. Herrera (Col) Colombia 14.28 35. Alan Johansen (Den) Chicky World 15.04 36. Steffen Kjaergaard (Den) Chicky World 15.05 37. Martin Kryger (Den) Acceptcard 15.13 38. Piotr Przydiat (Pol) Mroz 15.24 39. Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) Cantina Tollo 15.26 40. Fabio Malberti (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil 15.27 41. Jairo Hernandez (Col) Colombia 15.29 42. Andres Bermejo (Spa) Fuenlabrada 15.32 43. Inacio Soler (Cub) Cuba 15.34 44. Aitour Babaitsev (Rus) Die Continentale 15.36 45. Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Keops 15.36 46. Eliecer Valdes (Cub) Cuba 15.38 47. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina 15.44 48. E. Mulet (Arg) Sjn 15.44 49. Heinrich Trumheller (Ger) Die Continenale 15.47 50. D. Capella (Arg) Tres Rios 15.51 . . . 78. Valcemar Silva (Bra) Blumenau 26.03 88. M. Borges (Bra) Blumenau 30.38 89. Marcelo Moser (Bra) Blumenau 30.43 104. Mauro Bartoli (Ita) Riso Scotti 35.30 121. R. Acevedo (Arg) Stf 1.34.06 Stage 6, Córdoba - Mina Clavero, 170 kms:1. Cezary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 3.44.08 2. Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.04 3. Martin Garrido (Arg) Fuenlabrada 0.06 4. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Chicky World 0.10 5. Fabio Malberti (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil 0.10 6. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World 0.10 7. Lisandro Cruel (Arg) Crush-Entre Rios 0.10 8. Artur Babaitchev (Rus) Die Continentale 0.10 9. Joona Laukka (Fin) Acceptcard 0.10 10. Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Chicky World 0.10 GC after Stage 6
1. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World 21.18.55 2. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 0.17 3. Joona Laukka (Fin) Acceptcard 0.49 4. Martin Garrido (Arg) Fuenlabrada 5.17 5. Cezary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 6.24 6. Svein Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Chicky World 7.03 7. Lisandro Cruel (Arg) Crush-Entre Rios 7.07 8. Ramon Ruarte (Arg) Amaru 7.15 9. Favio Placanica (Arg) Keops 7.21 10. Allan Johansen (Den) Chicky World 13.32 Stage 7, Mina Clavero - Merlo, 110 kms:1. Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.16.08 2. Juan Manuel Aguirre (Arg) 0.09 3. Pedro Perez (Cub) 0.21 4. Gonzalo Salas (Arg) 0.25 5. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Chicky World 0.37 GC after Stage 7
1. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World 2. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 3. Martin Garrido (Spa) Fuenlabrada Stage 8, Merlo - Merlo ITT, 26 kms:1. Fabio Malberti (Ita) Riso Scotto 33.49 2. Martin Garrido (Arg) Fuenlabrada 0.55 3. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World 1.13 4. Emilio Carricondo (Arg) 1.19 5. Juan Aguirre (Arg) 1.31 GC after Stage 8
1. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World 24.12.10 2. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 1.25 3. Martin Garrido (Arg) Fuenlabrada 4.59 4. Cesary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 7.11 5. Lisandro Cruel (Arg) Tres Rios 7.55 Stage 9, La Toma - San Luis, 140 kms:1. Pedro Díaz Lobato (Spa) Fuenlabrada 3.28.03 2. Leonel Cuni (Arg) Bianchi 0.12 3. Marcin Gebka (Pol) Mroz 0.12 GC after Stage 9
1. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World 2. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 1.25 3. Martin Garrido (Arg) Fuenlabrada 4.59 4. Cesary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 7.11 5. Lisandro Cruel (Arg) Tres Rios 7.55 Stage 10, La Paz - Circuito Papagayo - Mendoza, 180 kms:Rodrigo Gini, our South American correspondent from Brazil writes that victory went to German Torsten Schmidt (Chicky World). His teammate Martin Rittsel ended the stage in 17th position, 32 seconds behind Schmidt, but enough to retain the overall lead. A lot of new things had happened on the last stages. Before stage 7 and 7b (Time Trial), team Acceptcard decided to withdrawn the race and went home. Oficially, no reason was given for this decision but there are two versions of the story floating around - first, some say there has been an internal fight as to who should be the team leader, second, a disagreement with the organizers, who are not respecting the rules of maximum time and allowing slower cyclists to continue on the race. In San Luis, local cyclists made a huge protest. The State government had promised the budget to the local club to be on La Vuelta, but the money disappeared.The race has become beset with other problems. It was discovered the night before that there wasn't enough hotel capacity in Mendoza because of the Feast of Vendimia. The peloton was forced to go to La Paz to spend the night there. Once there the Italian cyclists threatened the organisers with a mass withdrawal due to the change of times of the race (it was supposed to start at 14:00 but instead started an hour later). This meant they would reach Mendoza really late. Cantina Tollo and Riso Scotti-Vinavil representatives argued with the commissaires. Finally, it was decided that two of the three final laps around La Paz would be abandoned. When the competition seemed to be getting back to normal, there was another incident. The Sport Director for the city of La Paz, Gustavo Pintos blocked the path of the peloton with his car and started accusing the race organizer, Angel Dilucca of defrauding him, since the three programmed laps around the city were not done. Then Argentinians Barboza and Flecha attempted to break away but were threatened and insulted, even a couple of fists flew from the Italians.
1. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Chicky World 4.03.25 2. Artur Babaitchev (Rus) Die Continentale 0.04 3. Heberth Gutierrz (Col) Colombia 0.26 4. Leonel Cuni (Arg) Bianchi 0.32 5. Lisandro Cruel (Arg) Entre Rios 6. Pedro Perez (Cub) Cuba 7. Juan Aguero (Arg) Amaru 8. Emmanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 9. Pedro Lobato (Spa) Fuenlabrada 10. Steffen Kjaergaard (Den) Chicky World 11. Robert Lyne (Ita) Amore e Vita 12. Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Die Continentale 13. Jose Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fuenlabrada 14. Edgardo Mulet (Arg) 15. Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo 16. Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Keops 17. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World 18. Fabio Malberti (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil 19. Gonzalo Salas (Arg) Entre Rios 20. Gustavo Salas (Arg) Entre Rios 21. Alan Johanssen (Den) Chicky World 22. Andres Bermejo (Spa) Fuenlabrada 23. Jairo Hernandez (Col) Colombia 24. Cesary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 25. Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) Cantina Tollo 0.32 GC after Stage 10
1. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World 31.44.22 2. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 1.25 3. Martin Garrido (Arg) Fuenlabrada 4.59 4. Cesary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 7.11 5. Lisandro Cruel (Arg) Tres Rios 7.53 6. Favio Placanica (Arg) Keops 8.16 7. Raul Ruarte (Arg) Amaru 9.22 8. Fabio Malberti (Ita) Riso Scotti 12.42 9. Artur Babaitchev (Rus) Die Continentale 15.08 10. Juan Aguero (Arg) Amaru 15.29 Stage 11, Mendoza - Media Agua - San Juan, 170 kms:The Vuelta a la Argentina is in chaos. Stage 11 was cancelled and moved ahead and the scheduled Stage 12 was cancelled. Due to the fact that most teams had difficulty getting hotels the night before, only two teams showed up for Stage 11. The rest of the teams went directly to meet with the organizers and commisaires.
1. Cristian Bianchini (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil 2.52.26 2. Marcin Gebka (Pol) Mroz 3. Juan Flecha (Arg) 4. Roberto Prezioso (Arg) 5. Mirko Lauria (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil 6. Juan Aguirre (Arg) 7. Miguel Salgado (Arg) 8. Sebastián Quiroga (Arg) s.t. GC after Stage 11
1. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World 2. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 1.25 3. Martin Garrido (Arg) Fuenlabrada 4.59 Stage 12, Sanagasta - La Rioja, 150 kms:1. Artur Babaitchev (Rus) Continentale 3.57.38 2. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Chicky World 3. Marcin Gebka (Pol) Mroz 1.51 4. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Chicky World 5. Martín Garrido (Arg) Fuenlabrada 6. Robert Lyne (GB) Amore e Vita 7. Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 8. Cezary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 9. Mirko Lauria (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil 10. Pedro Pérez (Cub) 1.51 Final GC after Stage 12
1. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Chicky World 38.36.17 2. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz 1.25 3. Martin Garrido (Arg) Fuenlabrada 4.59 4. Cesary Zamana (Pol) Mroz 7.11 5. Lisandro Cruel (Arg) Tres Rios 7.51 6. Favio Placanica (Arg) Keops 8.17 7. Raul Ruarte (Arg) Amaru 9.22 8. Fabio Malberti (Ita) Riso Scotti 12.42 9. Artur Babaitchev (Rus) Continentale 13.17 10. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Chicky World 14.01 Starting ListChicky World (Den) Acceptcard (Den) Steffen Kjaergaard Jan Karlsson Martin Rittsel Martin Kryger Sven Holestol Jacob Moe Dennis Rasmussen Joona Laukka Torsten Schmidt S. Kristiansen Alan Johansen Michael Andersson Cuban National Team Mroz (Pol) Eliecer Valdes Cesary Zamana Pablo Perez Gregorz Wajs L. Romero Marcin Gebka Inacio Soler Piotr Przydiat M. Mendoza Tomas Brozyna J. Mariyo Zbigniew Piatek Fuenlabrada (Spa) Keops (Arg) Martin Garrido (Arg) Edgardo Simon Victor Moratilla Daniel Mosler L. Diaz G. Garcia Saul Morales Corrales Gustavo Artacho J. Flecha F. Guidoni Andres Bermejo F. Placanica Blumenau/FME (Bra) Olympia/Die Continentale (Ger) M. Borges Aitour Babaitsev Glauber de Souza Heinrich Trumheller Lauri Lunkes Bjorn Glasner S. Gohr Peter Rogers Marcelo Moser Hans-Kurt Brand V. Silva Ronny Lauke Amore e Vita (Mon) Colombia Simone Leporatti Jairo Hernandez Marco Cannone Juan Andres Garcia Massimo Gimondi Herbert Gutierrez Maurizio De Pasquale Ricardo Mesa Harry Lodge Carlos Osorio Robert Lyne E. Herrera Chile Natural Greeper (Swi/Ger) Manuel Gonzalez E. Granzotto R. Astorga P. Manzoni A. Bondi J. Troster J. Aravena M. Kocknitz P. Aedo R. Matt A. Corvalan S. SteinerThere are some other Argentinian teams as Pergamino (PER), Bianchi (BIA), Municipalidad Tres de Febrebro (TRE), Crush Entre Rios (ETR) |