GP Internacional Telecom, Cat 2.4

Portugal, March 17-20 1999

Stage 1     Stage 2     Stage 3     Stage 4    

Stage 1, 220 kms:

Only 25 riders were in the leading group at the end of Stage 1. The 114-rider peloton that started the first stage included German Jan Ullrich, who is making his return to racing after illness. He came in 27.36 behind the winner. The major break was instigated by Portuguese rider Pedro Lopes, who took off at the hot spot premie point at km 30. The other 24 riders followed. Only two teams then tried to do anything about the break - Maia and LA Pecol. They were not assisted and finally gave up trying. 

 1. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step  		     5.12.54 (42.186 km/h)
 2. Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
 3. Felice Puttini (Swi) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips
 4. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step			0.38
 5. Milos Pejcea (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ
 6. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto
 7. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 8. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 9. Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10. Paulo Jorge Ferreira Moura (Por) Sport Lisboa Benfica
11. Paulo Barroso (Por) Maia-Cin
12. Rui Sousa (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Milaneza
13. Udo Bolts (Ger) Tekekom
14. Pedro Jimenez (Spa) Fuenlabrada
15. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips

GC after Stage 1 

 1. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step  		     5.12.44 
 2. Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 			0.04
 3. Felice Puttini (Swi) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips		0.06
 4. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 			0.41
 5. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 	0.42
 6. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 				0.47
 7. Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi			0.47
 8. Milos Pejcea (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 				0.48
 9. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
10. Paulo Jorge Ferreira Moura (Por) Sport Lisboa Benfica
11. Paulo Barroso (Por) Maia-Cin
12. Rui Sousa (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Milaneza
13. Udo Bolts (Ger) Tekekom
14. Pedro Jimenez (Spa) Fuenlabrada
15. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips		0.48

Stage 2, Evora - Tomar, 196 kms:

 1. Francesco Arazzi (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips	     4.18.17 (45.531 kms/h)
 2. Saulius Sarkauskas (Lit) LA/Pecol
 3. Slavomir Heger (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ
 4. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step
 5. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto
 6. Manuel Liberato (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Milaneza
 7. Pedro Miguel Soeiro (Por) Recer-Boavista
 8. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
 9. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros
10. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
11. Nuno Marta (Por) Maia-Cin
12. Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa) Gresco/Tavira
13. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
14. Paulo Jorge Martins (Por) Gresco/Tavira
15. Pedro Jimenez (Spa) Fuenlabrada				s.t.

GC after Stage 2 

 1. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step  		     9.31.01 (43.712 km/h) 
 2. Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi			0.04
 3. Felice Puttini (Swi) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips		0.06
 4. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step			0.36
 5. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank	0.38
 6. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto				0.47
 7. Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
 8. Domingo Segado (Spa) Gresco-Tavira
 9. Paulo Ferreira (Por) Sport Lisboa Benfica			0.48
10. Pedro Jimenez (Spa) Fuenlabrada
11. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
12. Bruno Castanheira (Por) LA/Pecol
13. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14. Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
12. Rui Sousa (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Milaneza			s.t.

Stage 3, Tomar - Lourinhã, 183 kms:

The final sprint was marred by a spectacular fall involving around 30 riders. Jens Heppner, Juan Guillamon and Pedro Jimenez were taking to hospital. The other riders were diagnosed as being "bruised". The equipment carnage was huge. 

 1. Vjatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips	     4.11.54
 2. Fred Rodriguez (Usa) Mapei-Quick Step
 3. Saulius Sarkauskas (Lit) LA-Pecol
 4. Manuel Liberato (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Milaneza
 5. Stefano Verziaggi (Ita) Fuenlabrada
 6. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto
 7. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
 8. Gatzka Lejarreta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 9. Daniel Clavero (Spa) Vitalício Seguros
10. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto					s.t.

GC after Stage 3 

 1. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step  		    13.42.55
 2. Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi			0.04
 3. Felice Puttini (Swi) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips		0.06
 4. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step			0.30
 5. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank	0.38
 6. Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi			0.44
 7. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto				0.46
 8. Alberto Martinez (Spa)  Euskaltel-Euskadi			0.46
 9. Domingo Segado (Por) Gresco-Tavira				0.47
10. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros			0.48

Stage 4, Lourinha - Torres Vedras, 154.5 kms:

 1. Melchor Mauri (Spa) Benfica 			     3.51.14 (40.092 km/h)
 2. Miguel Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 			0.13
 3. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step
 4. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto
 5. Bruno Castanheira (Por) LA-Pecol
 6. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 7. Gines Salmeron (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 8. Felice Puttini (Sch) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips
 9. Daniele de Paoli (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips
10. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom
11. Joaquim Andrade (Por) Maia-Cin
12. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips
13. Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros
15. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step			s.t.

Final GC after Stage 4 

 1. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 		    17.34.22
 2. Mikel Pradera (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 			0.04
 3. Felice Puttini (Sch) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips 		0.06
 4. Fred Rodriguez (Usa) Mapei-Quick Step 			0.26
 5. Miguel Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 			0.32
 6. Unai Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 			0.44
 7. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto  				0.46
 8. Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi			0.46
 9. Domingo Segado (Spa) Gresco-Tavira  			0.47
10. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalício  Seguros		0.48
11. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom					0.48
12. Bruno Castanheira (Por) LA-Pecol				0.48
13. Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank			0.48
14. Daniele de Paoli (Ita) Costa Almeria-Amica Chips		0.48
15. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi			0.48
16. Gustavo Otero (Spa) Recer-Boavista				0.48  
17. Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Milaneza 		0.48  
18. Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Porta da Ravessa-Milaneza 		1.46  
19. Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Recer-Boavista			2.20  
20. Paulo Barroso (Por) Maia-Cin 				2.20  

Other Classifications:

Points: Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step
Sprints: Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step
Teams: Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spa)
Mountains: Yuri Sourkov (Rus) LA-Pecol
Young rider: Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
Thanks to Fernando Ferrari from Meta 2Mil, Spain