54th Circuito de Getxo, Cat 1.4

1998 Results     Past Winners     Report: Danish rider Jesper Skibby (Team Home-Jack & Jones) defied the forecasts of a mass sprint to win from his breakaway partners - Swede Michael Lafis (TVM-Farm Frites) and Spaniard Francisco Mancebo (Banesto). The three made their move in the last kms of the race. 106 riders started and had to complete 12 laps of an almost flat 15.7 kms circuit for 188 kms. The first five laps passed without incident. On lap 6, a group of 14 went off the front which included four ONCE riders. They held a lead of 40 seconds on the peloton. This group was eventually caught and immediately another group of 22 riders formed at the front, including Oscar Sevilla and Coque Uría (both from Kelme), Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel) and José María Jiménez (Banesto). Jiménez abandoned later on. They were caught on lap 8 after building a lead of around 1 minute. As lap 9 began a group of 8 riders attacked - Peter Luttenberger and Gaizka Lejarreta (ONCE-Deustche Bank), Aitor Osa and Francisco Mancebo (Banesto), Hans de Clercq and Roger Hammond (Palmans-Ideal), Michael Lafis (TVM-Farm Frites) and Jesper Skibby. By the end of lap 10 they had 2 minutes on the peloton. On the last lap, Vitalicio and Festina were working hard to close down the breakaway. As the gap narrowed Skibby attacked on the climb of Txomintxu, with 10 kms to go, taking with him Lafis and Mancebo. The trio defied the chase down and in the final sprint it was Skibby who was the quickest. Getxo, 184 kms: AVS: 43.003 km/h 1. Jesper Skibby (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones 4.22.52 2. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites 3. Paco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 4. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones 0.07 5. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 0.07 6. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 0.07 7. Miguel Angel Martin (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.07 8. Roger Hammond (GB) Palmans-Ideal 0.07 9. Ramón Medina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.07 10. Quique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.07 11. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto 0.07 12. Hans De clerq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 0.07 13. Jurgen Van de walle (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 0.07 14. Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.07 15. Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) Fuenlabrada 0.07 16. David Cañada (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.07 17. Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.07 18. Iñigo Gonzalez Heredia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.07 19. Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.07 20. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.07 21. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.07 22. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.07 23. Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.17 24. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina 0.24 25. Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Ipso-Euroclean 0.24 26. Pedro Diaz lobato (Spa) Fuenlabrada 0.24 27. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.24 28. Nácor Burgos (Spa) Fuenlabrada 0.24 29. Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 0.24 30. Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.24 31. Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.24 32. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 0.27 33. Matías Cagigas (Spa) Fuenlabrada 0.27 34. Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Fuenlabrada 0.27 35. Iñaki Barrenetxea (Spa) Fuenlabrada 0.27 36. Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.27 37. José Ramón Uriarte (Spa) Festina 0.27 38. Stefano Verziagi (Ita) Fuenlabrada 0.27 39. Angel Edo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.27 40. Christian Charriere (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.27 41. Rubén Galvañ (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.27 42. Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.27 43. Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.27 44. Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 0.27 45. Ernesto Manchon (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.27 46. José Manuel Uria (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.27 47. Toni Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.27 48. Nicolai Bo Larsen (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones 0.27 49. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.27 50. José Miguel Elizburu (Spa) Fuenlabrada 0.27 51. Marcelino Garcia alonso (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.27 52. Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.27 53. Andreas Klier (Ger) TVM-Farm Frites 0.27 54. Alberto Lopez munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.27 55. Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.27 56. David Garcia marquina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.27 57. Ginés Salmeron (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.27 58. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.27 59. Félix Garcia casas (Spa) Festina 0.27 60. Steven De neef (Bel) Ipso-Euroclean 0.27 61. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.27 62. José Manuel Garcia (Mex) Ipso-Euroclean 0.27 63. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.27 64. Andy De smet (Bel) Ipso-Euroclean 0.27 65. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto 0.27 66. Pascal Herve (Fra) Festina 0.27 67. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team 0.27 68. Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.27 69. Peter Van petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 0.44 70. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 0.46 71. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros 1.33 72. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.39 73. Andre Korff (Ger) Festin 1.46 74. Philip Vereecke (Bel) Ipso-Euroclean 2.40 75. Eligio Requejo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.12 76. Isaac Villanuev (Spa) Fuenlabrada 7.12 Teams: TVM-Farm Frites Mountains: Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites Puntuación especial: Rubén Galvañ (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca Sprints especiales: Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank Thanks to Fernando Ferrari, Meta 2Mil, Spain Past Winners 1989 1. John Talen (Ned) 175 kms in 3.58.48 2. Edwin Bafcop (Bel) 3. Casimiro Moreda (Spa) 1990 1. Victor Gonzalo (Spa) 174 kms in 3.59.47 2. Alfonso Guttierez (Spa) 3. Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (Bel) 1991 1. Adri Van der Poel (Ned) 174 kms in 3.54.25 2. Johnny Weltz (Den) 3. J.-C. Gonzales-Salvador (Spa) 1992 1. Mathieu Hermans (Ned) 174 kms in 3.54.47 2. Johan Museeuw (Bel) 3. Mario Manzoni (Ita) 1993 No race 1994 1. Orlando Rodriguez (Por) 200.4 kms in 4.34.14 2. Juan-Carlos Gonzalez (Spa) 3. José Rodriguez (Spa) 1995 1. Mika Hietanen (Fin) 200 kms in 4.23.49 (45.577) 2. Manuel Fernandez-Gines (Spa) 3. Christian Henn (Ger) 1996 1. Arsenio Gonzalez (Spa) 187 kms in 4.10.55 (44.716) 2. Sergej Smetanine (Rus) 3. Angel Edo (Spa) 1997 1. Jeremy Hunt (GB) 188.4 kms in 4.32.36 (41.467) 2. Angel Edo (Spa) 3. Sergej Smetanine (Rus) 1. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina 188.4 kms in 4.25.17 2. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto 3. Oscar Freire (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros Past winners from Mario Stiehl, Berlin