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55th Vuelta a España - Grand TourSpain, August 26 - September 17, 2000 |
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Stage 6
- August 31: Benidorm-Valencia, 155.5 km
A surprise winner and more carnage
By Gabriella Ekström, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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Stage 6 between Benidorm and Valencia saw surprising winner at the end of 155 kilometres, the former amateur star Paolo Bossoni (Cantina Tollo). Bossoni is a rider who has faded since he turned pro, but received a much needed confidence boost today. The stage was once again, windy, fast and very dangerous. A large number of riders crashed, and names like Mario Traversoni and Inigo Charreau will no longer be on the start list in the Vuelta.
The first sprint of the day was, not surprisingly won by Manchi Raimondi, and a break of three went away shortly after: Danilo Di Luca, Andres Bermejo and Francisco Cabello worked together nicely, but Banesto back in the peloton would hardly let them out of sight. Bermejo won the next two intermediate sprints, but was brought back together with Di Luca and Cabello when 55 kilometers remained of the race. Jose Vasquez from Fuenlabrada launched an immediate counter-attack that was unsuccessful before La Pecol's Pedro Lopes tried his luck.
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Banesto was still in charge of the peloton, but they had a smaller problem. The harder they drove at the front, protecting Zülle, the further back Jose Maria Jimenez would be found. Mariano Piccoli, Remco Van Der Ven and Fabio Roscioli left the peloton behind with 30 kilometers to go, and caught Lopes after a five kilometer chase. The fast riding peloton brought them all back with fifteen kilometers to go, and the peloton was together although very lined out when a large crash occured. A couple of riders hooked up and ended up with twenty more on top of them with the rest standing behind or looking at the nature in the ditches.
Twenty or some riders escaped unhurt, amongst them Freire and Lombardi who are always well placed, and Zülle who was put up there by his teammates who are always well placed. Jan Ullrich and Rolf Aldag took care of most of the riding in the final 6 kilometers, and they managed to give Lombardi a very good leadout. Lombardi looked like the obvious winner with 150 meters to go, especially since Freire who was coming strong, had started his sprint a bit late. Little attention was payed to the Cantina Tollo rider who came along the right barrier, and more people than Lombardi were surprised when Bossoni got his wheel over the line as the winner.
Results
1 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 3.27.16 (44.86 km/h)
2 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step
4 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio
5 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo
6 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
7 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
8 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto
9 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
10 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches
11 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
12 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto
13 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
15 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
17 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
18 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 0.07
19 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio
20 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 0.10
21 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 0.14
22 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio 0.23
23 David Clinger (USA) Festina Watches 0.44
24 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches
25 César Perez Padron (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
26 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
27 Martin Garrido Mayorca (Arg) Relax-Fuenlabrada
28 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre Daikin
29 Bruno Castanheira (Por) LA-Pecol
30 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites
31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
32 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
33 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
34 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo
35 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
36 Carlos Golbano Garcia (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
37 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
38 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
39 Juan Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre Daikin
40 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre Daikin
41 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol
42 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
43 Óscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
44 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step
45 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites
46 José Rosa Ribeiro (Por) LA-Pecol
47 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour
48 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) LA-Pecol
49 Raimundas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo
50 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
51 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
52 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti
53 Geert van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites
54 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
55 Pascal Hervé (Fra) Team Polti
56 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti
57 Fernando Escartín (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
58 Felix Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca
59 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
61 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
62 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo
63 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
64 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina Watches
65 Pedro Lopes Goncalves (Por) LA-Pecol
66 Daniel Clavero Sebastian (Spa) Team Polti
67 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
68 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
69 Fernando Mota Dos Santos (Por) LA-Pecol
70 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
71 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo
72 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina Watches
73 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre Daikin
74 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
75 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour
76 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
77 José Enrique Gutiérrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
78 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre Daikin
79 Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
80 Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio
81 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina Watches
82 Ivan Parra Pinto (Col) Vitalicio Seguros
83 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
84 Francisco Garcia Rodriguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
85 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre Daikin
86 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata
87 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
88 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto
89 Ruben Ispizua Oarbeskoa (Spa) LA-Pecol
90 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco-Valli & Valli
91 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom
92 Diego Prior Jimenez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
93 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
94 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina Watches
95 Jose Uría Gonzalez (Spa) Team Polti
96 Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio
97 Juan Vicario Barbera (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
98 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Banesto
99 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Farm Frites
100 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
101 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Valli & Valli
102 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
103 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Polti
104 Francisco Cerezo Perales (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
105 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli
106 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
107 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
108 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
109 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step
110 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
111 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
112 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
113 Inigo Cuesta Lopez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
114 Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti
115 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
116 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata
117 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina Watches
118 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
119 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
120 Youri Sourkov (Mda) LA-Pecol
121 José Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
122 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre Daikin
123 Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
124 Victor Hugo Peńa (Col) Vitalicio Seguros
125 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
126 Alberto Lopez de Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
127 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo
128 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli
129 Jaime Hernandez Bertran (Spa) Festina Watches
130 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto
131 Carlo Finco (Ita) Alessio
132 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour
133 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
134 Sérgio De La Torre (Spa) LA-Pecol
135 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
136 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros
137 Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
138 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Farm Frites
139 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Banesto
140 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
141 Ricardo Valdes Prieto (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
142 Jans Koerts Ned) Farm Frites
143 Miquel van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites
144 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo
145 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
146 Alexandre Sheffer (Kaz) Alessio
147 Rafael Mateos Perez (Spa) Team Polti
148 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto
149 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
150 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.21
151 Alvaro González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
152 Remco van der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites
153 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti
154 José Ángel Vidal Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
155 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
156 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
157 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.03
158 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre Daikin 3.20
159 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre Daikin
160 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
161 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) Alessio
162 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 3.24
163 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo
164 Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo
165 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
166 Dirk Ronellenfitsch Ger) Farm Frites
167 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
168 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
169 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
170 Mirko Marini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
171 José Maira Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 3.52
172 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
173 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 7.22
174 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 35.35
Points:
1 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 25 pts
2 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 20
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 16
4 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 14
5 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Cantina Tollo 12
6 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10
7 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 9
8 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 8
9 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 7
10 Angel Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 6
11 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5
12 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 4
13 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 3
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 2
15 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1
Metas volantes:
Calpe, km 17.8
1 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 4 pts
2 Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almer 2
3 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Festina Watches 1
Xabia, km 46.6
1 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 pts
2 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1
Oliva, km 79.2
1 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 pts
2 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1
Mountains:
Alto de les Planes - Cat. 3, km 49
1 Francisco Cabello Luque (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 pts
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo 4
3 Andreas Bermejo Siller (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2
4 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1
Teams:
1 Team Deutsche Telekom 10.21.48
2 Alessio 0.17
3 Cantina Tollo 0.44
4 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank
5 Banesto
6 Festina 1.28
7 Costa de Almeria
8 Fassa Bortolo
9 Mapei-Quick Step
10 Kelme-Costa Blanca
11 Vitalicio Seguros
12 Lampre-Daikin 2.12
13 Jean Delatour
14 LA-Pecol
15 Farm Frites
16 Fuenlabrada
17 Team Polti
18 Liquigas-Pata
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi
20 Saeco-Valli & Valli
General classification after stage 6:
1 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 20.35.41
2 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.09
3 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.10
4 Angel Casero (Spa) Lotus-Festina 1.15
5 Jan Ullrich (Spa) Deutsche Telekom 1.23
6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.56
7 Raimundo Rumsas (Lit) Fassa Bortolo 2.06
8 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 2.24
9 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 2.27
10 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.35
11 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 2.36
12 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 2.41
13 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 2.47
14 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.58
15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 3.12
16 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.18
17 Andre Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata 3.43
18 Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 3.46
19 José-Luis Rubiera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.50
20 Juan-Carlos Vicario (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 3.51
21 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel 3.55
22 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Delatour 3.56
23 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 3.58
24 Giuseppe di Grande (Ita) Lotus-Festina 4.02
25 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli&Valli 4.03
26 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA Pecol 4.07
27 Francisco Javier Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 4.08
28 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 4.22
29 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 4.24
30 José Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 4.36
31 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.37
Points classification:
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 72 pts
2 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 58
3 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 45
4 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 44
5 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 43
Mountains classification:
1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 33 pts
2 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa del Almeria 12
3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12
4 Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto 11
5 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9
Metas volantes classification:
1 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 25 pts
2 Andres Bermejo (Spa) Fuenlabrada 20
3 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Jazztel-Costa de Almeria 14
4 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa de Almeria 12
5 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Fuenlabrada 7
5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 7
Teams classification:
1 ONCE-Deutsche Bank 61.52.02
2 Vitalicio Seguros 0.43
3 Banesto 2.18
4 Lotus-Festina
5 Mapei-Quick Step 2.21
Full results to follow