40th Volta a Tarragona, Cat 2.6

Spain (Catalonia), June 8-12, 1999

Past Winners     Stage 1     Stage 2     Stage 3     Stage 4a     Stage 4b     Stage 5

Stage 1, Reus - Alcanar, 147 kms:

 1. David Fernandez (Spa) Alcosto-Fuenlabrada
 2. Thorsten Rund (Ger) Germany National Team
 3. Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Sodexho

Stage 2, Alcanar - Salou, 157 kms:

 1. Wim van den Meulenhof (Ned) MGI-Fietsen
 2. Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Kortrijk
 3. Marco Wittwer (Ger) Kortrijk
 4. Isaac Galvez (Cat) Kelme-Costa Blanca

Stage 3, Tarragona - Cunit, 165 kms:

 1. J. van den Akker (Ned) MGI-Fietsen
 2. Wim van den Meulenhof (Ned) MGI-Fietsen

Stage 4a, Castell d'Escornalbou, ITT Hill Climb, 5 kms:

 1. Tomas Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 2. Jose Medina (Chi) Aix-Haribo

Stage 4b, Cambrils - Cambrils, 109 kms:

 1. Luis Poyatos (Spa) Alcosto-Fuenlabrada
 2. Juan-Antonio Flecha (Cat) Alcosto-Fuenlabrada
 3. Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Sodexho
 4. Ximo Lopez (Spa) Sodexho

Stage 5, Reus - Reus, 148 kms:

 1. Thorsten Rund (Ger) Germany National Team
 2. Guido Fuist (Ger) Germany National Team

Final GC

 1. Wim van den Meulenhof (Ned) MGI-Fietsen     18.15.04 (40.1 km/h)
 2. Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Sodexho                    0.16
 3. Tomas Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             0.33
 4. Jose Medina (Chi) Aix-Haribo                     0.53
 5. V. Karpets (Rus) Lokosphinx                      1.00
 6. Emmanuel Guillaume (Fra) Aix-Haribo              1.25
 7. Xavier Tondo (Cat) Ideal Olimpic                 1.38
 8. Jose-F. Jarque (Spa) Spain National Team         2.07
 9. Juan-A. Flecha (Cat) Alcosto-Fuenlabrada         2.14
10. Oleksandr Rotar (Ucr) Angel Mir-Palafrugell      2.17
11. Ximo Lopez (Spa) Sodexho                         2.22
12. Olivier Martinez (Fra) Aix-Haribo                2.48
13. Thorsten Rund (Ger) Germany National Team        3.07
14. Francisco Candel (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca        3.20
15. Josep Guillen (Cat) Ideal Olimpic                3.31

Teams:

 1. Aix-Haribo

Mountains:

 1. Ximo Lopez (Spa) Sodexho

Stage points:

 1. Thorsten Rund (Ger) Germany National Team

Intermediate sprints:

 1. Dennis Heij (Ned) MGI-Fietsen

Special sprints:

 1. Emmanuel Guillaume (Fra) Aix-Haribo

First Catalan:

 1. Xavier Tondo (Cat) Ideal Olimpic
Past Winners

Past Winners

1995 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Lada
1996 S. Gritxenko (Rus) Lada
1997 Eduard Gritsun (Rus) Sala-Ferrer
1998 Denis Mentxov (Rus) Lada-Samara
Thanks to Àlex Tarroja, Spain for the data