Vuelta a Guatemala, 2.6

Guatemala, Oct. 21 - Nov. 1, 1999


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Stage 7 - October 27

Report:

By Tomas Nilsson, cyclingnews.com correspondent

The German Josef Troster, riding for the Austrian team in la Vuelta a Guatemala won the seventh stage by outsprinting three local competitors. They had attacked as a five man group quite early, but as none of them were highly placed in the general classification, the peloton let them go - at most they had seven minutes.

The two first sprints went to Troster, while the thirdwent to Hermenegildo Semet. In the group at the end there was also Real Yari and Marvin Lemus, while Carlos Patal was tailed off at an earlier stage of the race that was once again contested in suffocating heat.

Stage 7, Puerto San José - Retalhuelu, 167 kms

1. Joseph Troster (Ger) Austria 		    4.37.00 (40 kph)
2. Hermenegildo Semet (Gua) Molinos Helvetia-Emceco    0.01
3. Yari Real (Gua) Xajanal B
4. Marvin Saúl Lemces (Gua) Achuapa-Naturas 	       0.02
5. Chris Baldwin (USA) Seven Up 		       3.31
6. Mauricio Ardila (Col) Lotería de Medellín
7. Edgar Villanueva (Gua) Bancomet
8. Miguel Perez (Gua) Foremost
9. Chris Fisher (USA) Seven Up
10. Alejandro Gularte (Gua) Xajanal A

General classification:
1.Anton Villatoro (Gua) Seven Up 		   26.12.43
2 Alejandro Cortés (Col) Lotería de Medellín 	       4.19
3 Edgar Villanueva (Gua) Bancomet 		       4.20
4 Guillermo Torres (Gua) Foremost
5 Fernando Escobar (Gua) Bancomet  		       4.21
6 Miguel Arroyo (Mex) Canel's-Turbo
7 Luis Rodolfo Muj (Gua) Foremost
8 Fermín Méndez (Gua) Bancomet
9 Amilcar Gramajo (Gua) Bancomet
10 Oscar Alvarez (Col) Lotería de Medellín

Mountains:
1. Fernando Escobar (Gua) Bancomet  		25 pts
2  Fernando Alvarado (Gua) Xajanal A 		20
3. Anton Villatoro (Gua) Seven Up  		20

Sprints:
1. Chris Fisher (USA) Seven Up 			46 pts
2. Joseph Troster (Ger) Austria 		18
3. Anton Villatoro (Gua) Seven Up 		14
4. Oscar Pineda (Gua) Seven Up 			14

Points: 
1. Carlos Hernández (Méx) Canel's-Turbo 	22 pts
2. Fernando Escobar (Gua) Bancomet  		20
3. Chris Fisher (USA) Seven Up 			19



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