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San Sebastian, Spain
Classica San Sebastian - CDM
San Sebastian, Spain, August 12, 2000
Results World Cup Standings Complete Live report
Dekker keeps on rolling
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Dutchman Erik Dekker (Rabobank) recorded yet another big triumph this season by winning the Clasica San Sebastian in Spain, round seven of the World Cup. In a daring move two kilometres from the finish, Dekker took the rest of field unawares to solo across the line with a comfortable gap to 1999 World Cup winner, Andrei Tchmil. It was Dekker's ninth win so far this year, counting criteriums, and it comes on top of three fine wins in the Tour de France as well as a couple of stages in the Tour of Sweden. With another performance like this, Dekker has to be one of the favourites for Sydney.
The race didn't start very auspiciously for Dekker and his Rabobank team though. The previous night, the boys had arrived late (2300) to their hotel because of an overbooked flight. Rabobank director Theo de Rooy was having kittens (he had managed an earlier flight), but eventually they arrived. The race saw some other big names not starting, for various reasons. Jan Ullrich, Marco Pantani, Laurent Jalabert and Alex Zülle were some, and former winner of this race, Lance Armstrong had to pull out after just 1.5 kilometres suffering from stomach problems.
The tactics of the race seemed to be dictated a little by the TV coverage, as the peloton were content to ride together at a reasonable tempo in the rain and wind for more than three and a half hours. There were no attacks until 127 kilometres to go, when a group of 12 including Mapei rider, Paolo Bettini escaped. They enjoyed some freedom before being re-caught, and the action resumed on the final climbs of the race.
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At 85 kilometres to go on the climb of the Azkarate, Elio Aggiano (Vitalicio) managed a small gap to the rest. He was caught by Francesco Secchiari (Saeco), Ellis Rastelli (Liquigas) and Paolo Tiralongo (Fassa Bortolo), and later Isidro Nozal, Mikel Zarrabeitia (ONCE) and Jon Odriozola (Banesto). On the descent of Azkarate, Odriozola attacked and Zarrabeitia eventually caught and dropped him on the final climb of the Jaizkibel, although Odriozola bridged up on the descent.
This obstacle, with its summit at 30 kilometres to go did not destroy the main field, who regrouped to form a 53 rider leading bunch. However, noted sprinters like Erik Zabel, Giovanni Lombardi, Markus Zberg, and Jo Planckaert had been shelled, giving riders such as Tchmil their best chance at top World Cup points.
The size and speed of the bunch were such that Odriozola and Zarrabeitia were finally caught with 12 kilometres to go. Nico Mattan (Cofidis) was next to try, but he too was unsuccessful as the group wound itself up for a mass sprint. However, although the group was large, the sprinting teams were not strong enough to contain everything, especially a flying Dekker as he jumped clear with two kilometres to go.
He managed a small gap and it was enough to carry him to the line with four seconds to spare on Tchmil, who out powered the likes of Romans Vainsteins, Paolo Bettini and Oscar Freire to take 70 World Cup points. It was Dekker's biggest one day win and he credited his teammates and tactics for making it possible.
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"The tactics were simple: it was necessary to be at the front of the group on the Cote de Jaizkibel and to have good legs, so I asked my team members to bring me in good conditionto the foot of that climb," said Dekker afterwards. From there, it was a matter of getting to the finish and attacking without fear, something that the Dutchman is well used to doing.
Dekker, who suffered an injury laden early season with a broken elbow in Paris-Nice, still had his feet on the ground, depsite the occasion. He has set a new precedent with his wins this year "Now, I know that second or third place will not be good enough," he said, adding that he try to "maintain his form" for the Ronde van Nederland and the Olympic Games.
Erik Dekker
Born: 21/08/1970,
Hoogeveen (Ned)
Professional since: 1992
Teams:
Buckler (1992)
WordPerfect (1993-1994)
Novell (1995)
Rabobank (1996-2000)
Palmarés:
1994 (6 wins)
Vuelta al Pais Vasco
(stage)
Postgirot Tour of Sweden (overall & 2 stages)
Noordwijk-aan-Zee (derny race)
Surhuisterveen (criterium)
1995 (6 wins)
Rund um Köln
Postgirot Tour of Sweden (overall & 2 stages)
Sweikhuizen Klauterkoers
GP Jef Scherens
1996 (4 wins)
Seraing-Aix-Seraing
National Time Trial Champion
Regio Tour (stage)
Almelo (criterium)
1997 (4 wins)
Klauterkoers Sweikhuizen
Stiphout
Ronde van Nederland (overall & stage)
1999 (4 wins)
Hengolo (criterium)
GP Eddy Merckx (2 man TT with Marc Wauters)
Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt (2 stages)
2000 (9 wins)
Tour of Sweden (2
stages)
Tour de France (3 stages)
Wielerronde van Boxmeer (criterium)
Profronde van Heerlen (criterium)
Emmer Gouden Pijl (criterium)
Classica San Sebastian (WC)
Results
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5.16.01 (43.67 km/h) 2 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 0.04 3 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 6 David Canada Garcia (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 8 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon 9 Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 10 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 11 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli 12 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 David Clinger (USA) Festina-Lotus 14 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 15 Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto 16 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 17 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 18 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 20 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 21 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 22 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 23 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata 24 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina-Lotus 28 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 30 Laurent Doufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 31 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 Jose Vasquez (Spa) Cólchones Relax-Fuenlabrada 34 Volodymyr Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 35 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 36 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 37 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Cólchones Relax-Fuenlabrada 38 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto 39 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 41 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 42 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 43 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 44 José J. Castelblanco (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 45 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 46 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 47 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 48 Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina-Lotus 49 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 50 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 52 Ricardo Otxoa Palacios (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 53 Félix Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 0.38 55 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 4.02 56 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 57 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 58 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 59 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 60 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 61 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 62 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Cólchones Relax-Fuenlabrada 63 Yvon Ledanois (Fra) Française Des Jeux 64 Imanol Ayestaran (Spa) Cólchones Relax-Fuenlabrada 65 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 66 Juan Carlos Vicario Barbera (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 67 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Farm Frites 68 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 69 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 70 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 71 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 72 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 73 Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Polti 74 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 75 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 76 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 77 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 78 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 79 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2000 80 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 81 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 82 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 83 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 84 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti 85 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 86 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2000 87 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 88 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2000 89 Udo Bolts (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 90 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 91 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2000 92 Igor Astarloa Askasibar (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 93 Xavier Jan (Fra) Française Des Jeux 94 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 95 Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto 96 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 97 Oscar Mason (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2000 98 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 99 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros-Grupo Generali 100 Massimo Donati (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 101 Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 102 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 103 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 104 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD 105 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 106 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 107 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 108 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 109 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 110 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 111 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 112 Jose Manuel Uria Gonzalez (Spa) Polti 113 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 114 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros-Grupo Generali 115 José Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 116 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Française Des Jeux 10.17 118 Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa) Costa de Almeria 119 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon 11.18 120 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Costa de Almeria 121 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Farm Frites 122 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 123 Gines Salmeron Martinez (Spa) Costa de Almeria 124 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 125 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 126 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Cólchones Relax-Fuenlabrada 127 Rafael Mateos Perez (Spa) Team Polti 14.32 128 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 129 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 130 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 131 René Joergensen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 132 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 133 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites 134 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 135 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 136 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 137 Allan Johansen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 138 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 139 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 140 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Française Des Jeux 141 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 142 Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2000 143 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Cólchones Relax-Fuenlabrada 144 Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa) Cólchones Relax-Fuenlabrada 145 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol) Française Des Jeux 147 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Costa de Almeria 148 Andres Bermejo Siller (Spa) Cólchones Relax-Fuenlabrada 149 Jakob Piil (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 150 Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones 151 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 152 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon 153 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon 154 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 155 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon 156 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 157 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 158 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon 159 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 160 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites DNF Matthew White (Aus) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec DNF Sandro Giacomelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec DNF Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service DNF Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard DNF Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank DNF José Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank DNF Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank DNF Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto DNF José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto DNF Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca DNF Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina-Lotus DNF Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina-Lotus DNF Ivan Sastre (Spa) Festina-Lotus DNF Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina-Lotus DNF Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina-Lotus DNF Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2000 DNF Paolo Salvodelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli DNF Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli DNF Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli DNF Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti DNF David Millar (GBr) Cofidis DNF Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco DNF Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo DNF Marco Fincato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata DNF Pieter Vries (Ned) Farm Frites DNF Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites DNF Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones DNF Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa De Almeria DNF Mario Traversoni (Ita) Costa De Almeria DNF Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Costa de Almeria DNF Carles Torrent (Spa) Costa De Almeria Starters: 195 Classified: 160
World Cup Standings after round 7
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom 330 pts 2 Andrej Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 206 3 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola 188 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 160 5 Fabio Baldato (Ita-Fas) 134 6 Peter van Petegem (Bel) Farm Frites 122 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 119 8 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 116 9 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 112 10 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 111 11 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola 110 12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 100 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 90 14 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 83 15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 79 16 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 77 16 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack&Jones 77 18 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 70 19 Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank 43 20 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 42 Teams: 1 Mapei-Quick Step 63 pts 2 Rabobank 52 3 Fassa Bortolo 45 4 Lampre Daikin 42 5 Deutsche Telekom 29 6 Vini Caldirola 25 7 Farm Frites 22 8 ONCE-Deutsche Bank 21 9 Lotto-Addecco 18 10 US Postal Service 14 11 Française des Jeux 12 12 Liquigas-Pata 10