26th Setmana Catalana, Cat 2.1

Spain, March 22-26, 1999

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Stage 1, Lloret de Mar - Lloret de Mar, 172 kms:

German Marcel Wust (Festina) became the first overall leader, after taking the first stage after a marathon breakaway, where he spent many kilometers with Spaniard Alberto López de Munain (Euskaltel). The first 172.2 kms stage with start and finish at Lloret de Mar, was covered by Wust in a time of 4 hours and 32 minutes, 20 seconds less than compatriot Erik Zabel (Telekom), who was second and marked the time of the chasing peloton.

Wust, who last season was one of the top winners (17 wins) took his first win of the season in an atypical manner since he prefers sprint finishes rather than long breakaways. Both riders escaped at km 28 and opened a maximum advantage of 16:14 by km 69. It was at that point that the peloton driven by Dutch team Rabobank started to chase. The rest, which included Italian Marco Pantani and German Jan Ullrich, on the first race together this year were more worried about each other than about the escape.

Rabobank's reaction was good enough to catch López de Munain with 20 kms to the finish, while Marcel Wust judged the end perfectly. It was an exciting finish, since in addition to the work by Rabobank and Telekom, other riders like Marco Pantani, Santiago Blanco and Richard Virenque, made attempts which increased the speed even more. Wust made it to the 1 km to go banner with a 30 second advantage, which would be enough and was helped by the late rain, which made chasing more difficult. Wust crossed the finish 20 seconds ahead of Erik Zabel and Italian Gian Matteo Fagnini, who marked the time of the peloton. 

   1. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina-Lotus                              4.31.57 (37.992 km/h)
   2. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                        0.19
   3. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                      0.19
   4. Biagio Conte (Ita) Liquigas                                     0.19
   5. Ángel Edo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                              0.19
   6. Andrea Noé (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                               0.19
   7. Francisco Mancebo (GB) Banesto                                  0.19
   8. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                       0.19
   9. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                       0.19
  10. Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Fuenlabrada                             0.19
  11. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Polti                                0.19
  12. Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca                        0.19
  13. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service                          0.19
  14. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                                       0.19
  15. Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto                                          0.19
  16. Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        0.19
  17. Rolf Jaermann (Swi) Team Post Swiss                             0.19
  18. Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Vini Caldirola                             0.19
  19. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Festina-Lotus                              0.19
  20. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank                                   0.19
  21. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina-Lotus                                0.19
  22. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                                         0.19
  23. Melcior Mauri (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica                        0.19
  24. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.19
  25. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                              0.19
  26. Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina-Lotus                                  0.19
  27. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                         0.19
  28. Fabio Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                    0.19
  29. Ginés Salmerón (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                          0.19
  30. Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti                               0.19
  31. Bingen Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        0.19
  32. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                          0.19
  33. Dario Frigo (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                              0.19
  34. Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                   0.19
  35. Claus Michael Müller (Den) TVM-Farm Frites                      0.19
  36. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas                                 0.19
  37. Fabio Malberti (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                        0.19
  38. Txema del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          0.19
  39. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Banesto                                   0.19
  40. Íñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         0.19
  41. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                       0.19
  42. Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               0.19
  43. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                         0.19
  44. Jaume Hernández (Spa) Festina-Lotus                             0.19
  45. Félix García Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus                          0.19
  46. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                     0.19
  47. Oscar Masson (Ita) Liquigas                                     0.19
  48. Nicola Miceli (Ita) Liquigas                                    0.19
  49. Íñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           0.19
  50. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank                                   0.19
  51. Daniel Atienza (Ita) Team Polti                                 0.19
  52. Ramón González Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  0.19
  53. José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                      0.19
  54. Daniel Clavero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                          0.19
  55. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti                                     0.19
  56. Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Banesto                                    0.19
  57. Alexandr Shefer (Kaz) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                       0.19
  58. Fausto Dotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     0.19
  59. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service                      0.19
  60. Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                    0.19
  61. David Plaza (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica                          0.19
  62. Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola                              0.19
  63. Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service                        0.19
  64. Ruslan Ivanov (Mol) Liquigas                                    0.19
  65. Gianluca Valloti (Ita) Team Polti                               0.19
  66. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Casino                                   1.40
  67. Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola                            1.40
  68. Massimiliano Gentili (Ita Cantina Tollo                         1.40
  69. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service                    1.40
  70. José Ramón Uriarte (Spa) Festina-Lotus                          1.49
  71. Quintino Rodrigues (Por) Sport Lisboa Benfica                   1.49
  72. Oscar Pozzi  (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                          1.49
  73. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco-Cannondale                          1.49
  74. Sergei Gontchar (Ukr) Vini Caldirola                            1.49
  75. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                  1.49
  76. Michele Coppolillo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                  1.49
  77. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                           1.49
  78. Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                              1.49
  79. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                           1.49
  80. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom                                    1.49
  81. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto                                  1.49
  82. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.49
  83. Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) Liquigas                                 1.49
  84. Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo                          1.49
  85. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal Service                   1.49
  86. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                        1.49
  87. Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola                         1.49
  88. Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                       1.49
  89. Stefano Cattai (Ita) Team Polti                                 2.12
  90. Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo                               2.16
  91. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros                       2.31
  92. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                         2.39
  93. Sergei Smetanine (Rus) Vitalicio Seguros                        3.42
  94. Miguel A. Martín Perdiguero (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank            3.42
  95. Nácor Burgos (Spa) Fuenlabrada                                  3.42
  96. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                         3.42
  97. Francesco León (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         3.42
  98. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           3.42
  99. David Delrieu (Fra) Casino                                      3.42
 100. David Navas (Spa) Banesto                                       3.42
 101. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                    3.42
 102. Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                      3.42
 103. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                   3.42
 104. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Team Post Swiss                        3.42
 105. Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo                         3.42
 106. Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo                        3.42
 107. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti                               3.42
 108. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Casino                                     3.42
 109. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino                                     3.42
 110. Simone Bogheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                    3.42
 111. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                      3.42
 112. Igor Pugaci (Mol) Saeco-Cannondale                              3.42
 113. Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Telekom                                      3.42
 114. Julian Dean (NZ) US Postal Service                              6.06
 115. Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo                            6.08
 116. Daniel Schnider (Swi) Team Post Swiss                           8.02
 117. Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                       8.02
 118. Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                         8.02
 119. Hernán Buenahora (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                        8.02
 120. Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service                             8.02
 121. Marco Magnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo                               8.02
 122. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 8.02
 123. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino                                          8.02
 124. Andrea Peron (Ita) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           8.02
 125. Manuel Fernández Ginés (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                   8.02
 126. José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica                 8.02
 127. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                             8.02
 128. José María Jiménez (Spa) Banesto                                8.02
 129. José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto                                 8.02
 130. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                    8.02
 131. Alberto López de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 8.02
 132. Ibon Ajuria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             8.02
 133. Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola                              8.02
 134. Vitali Kokorine (Rus) Saeco-Cannondale                          8.02
 135. André Korff (Ger) Festina-Lotus                                 8.02
 136. Pieter Vries (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                             10.56
 137. José Manuel Santos Silva (Por) Sport Lisboa Benfica            14.08
 138. Óscar López Uriarte (Por) Sport Lisboa Benfica                 14.08
 139. Fabio Quercioli (Ita) Sport Lisboa Benfica                     14.08
 140. Daniel Bayes (Spa) Sport Lisboa Benfica                        14.08
 141. Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola                           14.08
 142. Ramón Medina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                           14.08
 143. Michel Lafis (Swe) TVM-Farm Frites                             14.08
 144. Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                     14.08
 145. Guido Wirz (Swi) Team Post Swiss                               14.08
 146. Isaac Villanueva (Spa) Fuenlabrada                             14.08
 147. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                        14.08
 148. Marcelino García    (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                   14.08
 149. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino                                  14.08
 150. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                    14.08
 151. Alessio Bongioni (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                     14.08
 152. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Liquigas                                    14.08
 153. Cesar Perez (Spa) Fuenlabrada                                  14.08
 154. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                                      14.08
 155. Steffan Wesemann (Ger) Telekom                                 14.08
 156. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                        14.08
 157. Remco Van der Ven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                        14.08
 158. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Team Post Swiss                          14.08
 159. Frédéric Vifian (Swi) Team Post Swiss                          14.08
 160. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti                             14.08
 161. Cristian Bianchini (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                   14.08
 162. Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) Fuenlabrada                          14.08
 163. Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola                             14.08
 164. Sven Montgomery (Swi) Team Post Swiss                          14.08
 165. Mirko Lauria (Ita) Riso Scotti-Vinavil                         14.08
 166. Germán Nieto (Spa) Fuenlabrada                                 14.08
 167. Andy Flickinger (Fra) Casino                                   14.08
 168. Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                         14.08
 169. Christian Charriere (Swi) Team Post Swiss                      14.08
 170. Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita)) Cantina Tollo                        14.08
 171. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom                                 14.08
 172. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom                                  14.08
 173. Manuel Sanroma (Spa) Fuenlabrada                               14.08
 174. Pedro Díaz Lobato (Spa) Fuenlabrada                            14.08

Abandoned:

Oliver Asmaker (Swi) TVM-Farm Frites
Thanks to Sven Becker for results