40th Vuelta al País Vasco - 2.HCSpain, April 3-7, 2000The Stages
PreviewONCE will be the team to beat with Olano as well as Jalabert on the squad. Telekom's Paris-Nice winning revelation Klöden did well also in the Catalan week and Vinokourov is longing for his first win with the Germans. Others to look out for: Rebellin in Liquigas, JC Dominguez in Vitalicio and of course Jimenez and Zülle, who accidentally won the Volta ao Algarve, unless they are merely warming up for the bigger events. One who is: Lance Armstrong, US Postal. Or isn't he? The seventh place in the bunch sprint of the GP Miguel Indurain showed that he wants to be where the fun is. Vuelta al País Vasco is one of the hilliest, to put it mildly, of the Spanish stage races. Here are the major climbs: Stage 1 Alto de Udana, 6 km, cat 3 Alto de Deskarga, 18 km, cat 3 Alto de Udana, 42 km, cat 3 Alto de Deskarga, 55 km, cat 3 Alto de Udana, 80 km, cat 3 Alto de Deskarga, 91 km, cat 3 Alto de San Asensio, 110 km, cat 2 Stage 2 Alto de Cruceta, 21 km, cat 2 Alto de Bikotxagane, 58 km, cat 2 Alto de Cobaron, 155 km, cat 3 Alto de Campillo, 175 km, cat 3 Alto de La Arboleda, 190 km, cat 3 Stage 3 Alto de Humaran, 20 km, cat 3 Alto de San Cosme, 29 km, cat 3 Alto de Altube, 68 km, cat 2 Puerto de Azaceta, 121 km, cat 3 Ermita de Santa Teodosia, 151 km, cat 1 Puerto de Azaceta, 171 km, cat 3 Stage 4 Alto de Opakua, 29 km, cat 1 Alto de Urbasa, 52 km, cat 1 Alto Zuarrarrate, 105 km, cat 2 Alto de Gorostieta, 140 km, cat 2 Alto de Salidas, 181 km cat 2 Stage 5a Alto de Usategieta, 18 km, cat 3 Alto de Bidania, 55 km, cat 2 Alto de Azkarate, 80 km, cat 2 Alto de Azkarate, 98 km, cat 2 Stage 5b Alto de Azkarate, 6.5 km Madaritza, 8.5 km, cat 2 Participating teams
ONCE-DEUTSCHE BANK MAPEI-QUICK STEP
1.Laurent Jalabert 11.Manuel Beltrán
2.Abraham Olano 12.Axel Merckx
3.David Etxebarria 13.Rinaldo Nocentini
4.Mikel Zarrabeitia 14.Giuliano Figueras
5.Peter Luttenberger 15.Stefano Zanini
6.Íñigo Cuesta 16.Luca Scinto
7.Miguel Ángel Peña 17.Paolo Bettini
8.Marcelino García
RABOBANK TELEKOM
21.Michael Boogerd 31.Andrei Mizourov
22.Jan Boven 32.Andreas Klöden
23.Maarten Den Bakker 33.Alexandr Vinokourov
24.Beat Zberg 34.Alberto Elli
25.Grischa Niermann 35.Giuseppe Guerini
26.Niki Aebersold 36.Gerhard Trampusch
27.Karsten Kroon 37.Udo Bölts
28.Rolf Sörensen 38.Jörg Jaksche
MERCATONE UNO SAECO - VALLI&VALLI
41.Massimo Podenzana 51.Laurent Dufaux
42.Stefano Garzelli 52.Paolo Savoldelli
43.Marco Velo 53.Armin Meier
44.Enrico Zaina 54.Daniel Atienza
45.Ricardo Forconi 55.Valentino China
46.Daniele De Paoli 56.Francesco Secchiari
48.Oscar Mason 57.Igor Pugaci
58.Biaggio Conte
BANESTO LOTTO - ADECCO
61.Aitor Garmendia 71.Mario Aerts
62.Unai Osa 72.Serge Baguet
63.Aitor Osa 73.Sébastien Demarbaix
64.Ion Odriozola 74.Glenn D'Hollander
65.David Latasa 75.Kurt van de Wouwer
66.Tomasz Brozyna 76.Kurt van Lancker
67.Candido Barbosa 77.Rik Verbrugghe
68.Dariusz Baranowski 78.Geert Verheyen
VINI CALDIROLA US POSTAL SERVICE
81.Francesco Casagrande 91.Lance Armstrong
82.Mauro Ganetti 92.Tyler Hamilton
83.Massimo Donati 93.Kevin Livingston
84.Roberto Conti 94.Patrick Jonker
85.Mauro Zanetti 95.Christian Vandevelde
86.Guido Trentin 96.Steve Vermaut
87.Filippo Casagrande 97.Jamie Burrow
88.Ruggero Borghi 98.David George
VITALICIO SEGUROS FESTINA
101.Santiago Blanco 111.Wladimir Belli
102.Igor González de Galdeano 112.Joseba Beloki
103.Juan Carlos Domínguez 113.Iban Sastre
104.Álvaro González de Galdeano 114.Félix García Casas
105.Iván Parra 115.David Plaza
106.Miguel Ángel M Perdiguero 116.Fabian Jeker
107.Víctor Hugo Peña 117.Jonathan Hall
108.Luis Castañeda 118.Giuseppe Di Grande
LAMPRE-DAIKIN LIQUIGAS-PATA
121.Oskar Camenzind 131.Davide Rebellin
122.Juan Manuel Gárate 132.Sergei Gontchar
123.Marco Della Vedova 133.Stefano Cattai
124.Simone Bertoletti 134.Cristiano Frattini
125.Mariano Piccoli 135.Fausto Dotti
126.Gilberto Simoni 136.Alessandro Spezialetti
127.Sergio Barbero 137.Ellis Rastelli
128.Massimo Codol 138.Daniele Contrini
KELME-COSTA BLANCA EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
141.Roberto Heras 151.Bingen Fernández
142.José Luis Rubiera 152.Unai Etxebarria
143.Javier Otxoa 153.Igor Flores
144.Javier Pascual Rodríguez 154.Txema Del Olmo
145.José Enrique Gutiérrez 155.Ángel Castresana
146.José Joaquín Castelblanco 156.Alberto López de Munain
147.Ángel Vicioso 157.Aitor Kintana
148.Félix Cárdenas 158.Aitor Silloniz
FUENLABRADA COSTA DE ALMERÍA
161.Imanol Ayestaran 171.Fabio Roscioli
162.José Manuel Vázquez 172.Mario Traversoni
163.Eduardo Hernández 173.David García Markina
164.Andrés Bermejo 174.César Pérez
165.David Vázquez 175.Ginés Salmerón
166.Hernán Darío Muñoz 176.Ernesto Manchón
167.Nácor Burgos 177.Alberto Fernández
168.Óscar Laguna 178.Pablo Soler
CANTINA TOLLO
181.Gabriele Colombo
182.Danilo Di Luca
183.Cristian Gasperoni
184.Massimiliano Gentili
185.Roberto Sgambelluri
186.Marco Vergnani
187.Rodolfo Massi
188.Massimo Giunti
Past Winners1924 Francis Pélissier (Fra) 1925 Auguste Verdyck (Bel) 1926 Nicolas Frantz (Lux) 1927 Victor Fontan (Fra) 1928 Maurice De Waele (Bel) 1929 Maurice De Waele (Bel) 1930 Mariano Carnado (Spa) 1935 Gino Bartali (Ita) 1939 Mariano Carnado (Spa) 1940 Federico Ezquerra (Spa) 1941 Firmin Trueba (Spa) 1942 Federico Ezquerra (Spa) 1943 Martin Mancisidor (Spa) 1944 José Gandara (Spa) 1945 Miguel Gual (Spa) 1952 Louis Caput (Fra) 1953 Vicente Iturat (Spa) 1954 José Serra (Spa) 1955 José Escolano (Spa) 1956 Jesus Lorono-Arteaga (Spa) 1957 Antonio Barrutia (Spa) 1958 Jesus Lorono-Arteaga (Spa) 1959 Antonio Bertran (Spa) 1960 Benigno Aspuru (Spa) 1961 Antonio Karmany (Spa) 1962 Rolf Wolfshohl (Ger) 1963 Juan-J. Sargaduy (Spa) 1964 Carlos Echeverria (Spa) 1965 Sebastian Elorza (Spa) 1966 Eusebio Velez (Spa) 1967 Carlos Echeverria (Spa) 1968 José-Maria Errandonea (Spa) 1969 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1970 Luis-P. Santamarina (Spa) 1971 Luis Ocana (Spa) 1972 Juan-A. Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) 1973 Luis Ocana (Spa) 1974 Miguel-Maria Lasa (Spa) 1975 Juan-A. Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) 1976 Giambattista Baronchelli (Ita) 1977 Juan-A. Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) 1978 Juan-A. Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) 1979 Giovanni Battaglin (Ita) 1980 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) 1981 Silvano Contini (Ita) 1982 José-Luis Laguia (Spa) 1983 Julian Gorospe (Spa) 1984 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1985 Pello Ruiz-Cabestany (Spa) 1986 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1987 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1988 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1989 Stephen Roche (Irel) 1990 Julian Gorospe (Spa) 1991 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 1992 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1993 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1994 Tony Rominger (Swi) 1995 Alex Zülle (Swi) 1996 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 1997 Alex Zülle (Swi) 1998 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE 1999 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin |