Bicicleta Vasca, Cat 2.1

Spain, May 26-30, 1999

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Italian Ellis Rastelli (Liquigas) won Stage 2 between Billabona (Guipúzcoa) and Mujika (Vizcaya), a distance of 186.8 kms when he outpointed Italian Giancarlo Raimondi (also from Liquigas). Rastelli has now put his stamp on the race. Yesterday, he was one of the active partners in the decisive break and today he went one better to take the stage. His finishing burst was very fast.

The stage was highlighted by a long solo breakaway by Italian Simone Mori (Costa de Almería), who went away in the first 10 kms and stayed away for 150 kms building a maximum lead of 14.30. It has to be said that the length of the break reflected the apathy in the peloton. He was caught on the Cat 2 Sollube (km 163) and then the "real" race for the day began. Local team Euskaltel-Euskadi was keen and launched Ramontxu González Arrieta into a strong attack. He was joined by David Extebarria (ONCE), who counterattacked but Arrieta sat his wheel. Not being happy with that, the ONCE rider attacked again with Roland Meier (Cofidis). Both reached the top of the Sollube, 33 seconds ahead of the group with the main favorites. Overall leader Valerio Tebaldi (Mobilvetta) reached the group after he was dropped on the early stages of the climb. The two leaders tried hard to create a decisive gap but could never expand their lead beyond 20 seconds. They were eventually caught with 5 kms to go. There were some further attempts, most notably from Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano, but all were in vain. The mass sprint then became inevitable.

Stage 2, Billabona - Muxika 187 kms:

  1. Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas                               5.09.48 (36.178 km/h)
  2. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas
  3. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
  4. David Etxeberria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
  5. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
  6. Marco Antonio Di Renzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo
  7. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale
  8. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
  9. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco-Cannondale
 10. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo
 11. Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto
 12. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 13. Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Vini Caldirola
 14. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
 15. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Telekom
 16. Alberto Martinez Trinidad (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
 17. Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 18. Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola
 19. Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
 20. Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave
 21. Manuel Beltran Martin (Spa) Banesto
 22. Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
 23. Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo
 24. Ramón Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
 25. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Telekom
 26. Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto
 27. Iñigo Gonzalez Heredia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 28. Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 29. Emiliano Murtas (Ita) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips
 30. Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 31. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola
 32. José Angel Vidal Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 33. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
 34. Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 35. Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
 36. Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 37. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi
 38. Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) Cantina Tollo
 39. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 40. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi
 41. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 42. Marco Artunghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 43. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom
 44. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 45. Alessandro Varocchi (Ita) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips
 46. Francisco Garcia Rodriguez Vitalicio Seguros
 47. José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 48. Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
 49. Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 50. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
 51. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
 52. Michele Copolillo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 53. Cesar Solaun (Spa) Banesto
 54. Kai Hundertmatk (Ger) Telekom
 55. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis
 56. Vincent Cali (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi
 57. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 58. Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 59. David Garcia Marquina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 60. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Fuenlabrada
 61. Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 62. Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale
 63. Alberto Elli (Ita) Telekom
 64. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola
 65. Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis
 66. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom
 67. Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                           6.10
 68. Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Telekom                                   6.10
 69. Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips            6.10
 70. Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                                    6.10
 71. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom                                      6.10
 72. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                     6.10
 73. Dimitri Konychev (Rus) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                   6.10
 74. Matias Cagigas Amedo (Spa) Fuenlabrada                         6.10
 75. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                        6.10
 76. Juan José De los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              6.10
 77. José Miguel Elizburu Artabe (Spa) Fuenlabrada                  6.10
 78. Marco Fincato (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                      6.10
 79. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto                                    6.10
 80. Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                6.10
 81. Antonio Figura (Ita) Liquigas                                  6.10
 82. Saul Morales Corral (Spa) Fuenlabrada                          6.10
 83. Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                   6.10
 84. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips              6.10
 85. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas                                6.10
 86. Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo                       6.10
 87. Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank               6.10
 88. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                             6.10
 89. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                    10.56
 90. Igor Pugaci (Mol) Saeco-Cannondale                            10.56
 91. Iñaki Barrenechea (Spa) Fuenlabrada                           10.56
 92. Stefano Vergiaci (Ita) Fuenlabrada                            10.56
 93. Pedro Jimenez Villanueva (Spa) Fuenlabrada                    10.56
 94. Ivan Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                      10.56
 95. Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips          10.56
 96. Carlos Ramón Golbano (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips       10.56
 97. David Latasa (Spa) Banesto                                    10.56
 98. Emanuele Lupi (Ita) Vini Caldirola                            10.56
 99. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                              10.56
100. Jean Denis Vandenbroucke (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                 14.52
101. Mirco Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                       14.52
102. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            14.52
103. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                              14.52
104. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave               14.52
105. Stefano Casagrande (Ita) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips         14.52
106. Simone Mori (Ita) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips                14.52
107. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                  14.52
108. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto                              14.52
109. Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Fuenlabrada                           14.52
110. Candido Barbosa (Spa) Banesto                                 14.52
111. Oscar Cagagnis (Ita) Cantina Tollo                            14.52
112. Mauro Banfi (Ita) Liquigas                                    14.52
113. Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             14.52
114. Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo                             14.52
115. Vitali Kokorine (Rus) Saeco-Cannondale                        14.52
116. Andrea Paluan (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                      14.52
117. Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                    14.52
118. Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola                            14.52
119. Alessandro Calzolari (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave               14.52
120. Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                    14.52
121. David Millar (GB) Cofidis                                     14.52
122. Valentino China (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                        14.52
123. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Cofidis                                   14.52
124. Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Cantina Tollo                             14.52
125. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                 14.52
126. Franco Maragno (Ita) Liquigas                                 14.52
127. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                    19.45
128. Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola                          19.45

Abandoned:

Stéphane Hennebert (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi

GC after Stage 3 

  1. Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                  8.53.10
  2. Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas                                  0.06
  3. David Etxeberria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank              0.06
  4. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale                          0.06
  5. Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto                              0.06
  6. Alberto Martinez Trinidad (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              0.06
  7. Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                    0.06
  8. Alberto Elli (Ita) Telekom                                     0.06
  9. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas                              2.05
 10. Marco Antonio Di Renzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo                     2.05
 11. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco-Cannondale                         2.05
 12. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            2.05
 13. Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Vini Caldirola                            2.05
 14. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola                        2.05
 15. Manuel Beltran Martin (Spa) Banesto                            2.05
 16. Emiliano Murtas (Ita) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips             2.05
 17. Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                2.05
 18. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo                             2.05
 19. Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                   2.05
 20. Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                       2.05
 21. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         2.05
 22. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                   2.05
 23. Joseba Beloki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          2.05
 24. Iñigo Gonzalez Heredia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                 2.05
 25. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                     2.05
 26. Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         2.05
 27. Alessandro Varocchi (Ita) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips         2.05
 28. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            2.05
 29. Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto                           2.05
 30. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros               2.05
 31. Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              2.05
 32. Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) Cantina Tollo                         2.05
 33. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                                2.05
 34. Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                    2.05
 35. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Telekom                                2.05
 36. Ramón Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 2.05
 37. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis                                     2.05
 38. Vincent Cali (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                       2.05
 39. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Telekom                               2.05
 40. Francisco Garcia Rodriguez Vitalicio Seguros                   2.05
 41. Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  2.05
 42. José Angel Vidal Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             2.05
 43. Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola                             2.05
 44. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                     2.05
 45. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom                                  2.05
 46. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                     2.05
 47. Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Cofidis                             2.05
 48. Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        2.05
 49. José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              2.05
 50. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                     2.05
 51. Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros             2.05
 52. Kai Hundertmatk (Ger) Telekom                                  2.05
 53. Cesar Solaun (Spa) Banesto                                     2.05
 54. David Garcia Marquina (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                  2.05
 55. Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Fuenlabrada                  2.05
 56. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                               2.05
 57. Michele Copolillo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                  2.05
 58. Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                      2.05
 59. Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale                             2.05
 60. Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola                            2.05
 61. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom                                 2.05
 62. Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Telekom                                   8.15
 63. Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                           8.15
 64. Dimitri Konychev (Rus) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                   8.15
 65. Matias Cagigas Amedo (Spa) Fuenlabrada                         8.15
 66. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto                                    8.15
 67. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom                                      8.15
 68. Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                   8.15
 69. Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo                       8.15
 70. Juan José De los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              8.15
 71. José Miguel Elizburu Artabe (Spa) Fuenlabrada                  8.15
 72. Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi               10.33
 73. José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              12.50
 74. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                    13.01
 75. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                              13.01
 76. Stefano Vergiaci (Ita) Fuenlabrada                            13.01
 77. Pedro Jimenez Villanueva (Spa) Fuenlabrada                    13.01
 78. Emanuele Lupi (Ita) Vini Caldirola                            13.01
 79. Ivan Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                      13.01
 80. Marco Artunghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                    14.37
 81. Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo                           14.41
 82. Mirco Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                       16.57
 83. Leandro Fioroni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                    16.57
 84. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave               16.57
 85. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                  16.57
 86. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                 16.57
 87. Vitali Kokorine (Rus) Saeco-Cannondale                        19.15
 88. Alessandro Pozzi (Ita) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips           20.47
 89. Marco Fincato (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                     20.47
 90. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                    20.51
 91. Antonio Figura (Ita) Liquigas                                 20.51
 92. Saul Morales Corral (Spa) Fuenlabrada                         20.51
 93. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas                               20.51
 94. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            20.51
 95. Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              20.54
 96. Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                       20.54
 97. Igor Pugaci (Mol) Saeco-Cannondale                            25.37
 98. David Latasa (Spa) Banesto                                    25.37
 99. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                       27.04
100. Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank              27.04
101. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips             27.04
102. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                              29.29
103. Jérôme Bernard (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                    29.29
104. Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Cantina Tollo                             29.29
105. Oscar Cagagnis (Ita) Cantina Tollo                            29.33
106. Candido Barbosa (Spa) Banesto                                 29.33
107. David Millar (GB) Cofidis                                     29.33
108. Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo                             29.36
109. Iñaki Barrenechea (Spa) Fuenlabrada                           31.50
110. Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips          31.50
111. Carlos Ramón Golbano (Spa) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips       31.50
112. Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                                   32.57
113. Jean Denis Vandenbroucke (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                 35.46
114. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            35.46
115. Mauro Banfi (Ita) Liquigas                                    35.46
116. Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola                            35.46
117. Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             35.46
118. Alessandro Calzolari (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave               35.46
119. Stefano Casagrande (Ita) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips         35.46
120. Simone Mori (Ita) Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips                35.46
121. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto                              35.46
122. Franco Maragno (Ita) Liquigas                                 35.46
123. Andrea Paluan (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                      35.46
124. Valentino China (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                        35.46
125. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                    40.39
126. Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Fuenlabrada                           41.39
127. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Cofidis                                   41.39
128. Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola                          46.32

Overall Points:

  1. Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                       25
  2. Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas                                    20
  3. Alberto Elli (Ita) Telekom                                       16
  4. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale                            14
  5. David Etxeberria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                12
  6. Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                      10
  7. Alberto Martinez Trinidad (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 9
  8. Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto                                 8
  9. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas                                 7
 10. Marco Antonio Di Renzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo                        6
 11. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola                           5
 12. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                  4
 13. Harald Morscher (Aut) Saeco-Cannondale                            3
 14. Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi                      2
 15. Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                      1

Overall Mountains:

  1. Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                  12
  2. Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto                              6
  3. Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto                                 3
  4. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas                                   2
  5. Alberto Martinez Trinidad (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 1

Overall Sprints:

  1. Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave                        3
  2. Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto                              3
  3. Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto                                 2
  4. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas                                   2
  5. Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas                                     1
  6. Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                   1

Overall Teams:

  1. Mobilvetta-Northwave                                        1.14.16
  2. Vitalicio Seguros                                              0.06
  3. Banesto                                                        0.06
  4. Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              0.06
  5. Telekom                                                        0.06
  6. ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                             0.06
  7. Saeco-Cannondale                                               0.06
  8. Lotto-Mobstar                                                  2.05
  9. Home Market-Charleroi                                          2.05
 10. Cantina Tollo-Alexia                                           2.05
 11. Cofidis                                                        2.05
 12. Vini Caldirola                                                 2.05
 13. Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                                          2.05
 14. Kelme-Costa Blanca                                             2.05
 15. Fuenlabrada                                                    2.05
 16. Liquigas                                                      12.42
 17. Costa de Almeria-Amica Chips                                  14.37