57th Vuelta Comunidad Valenciana - 2.3

Spain, February 22-26, 2000

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Stage 1 - February 22: Sagunto - Sagunto, 154 km

Kelme duo outsmarts Jalabert

Javier Pascual Llorente took his third victory as a pro after winning the first stage of the Vuelta a Valencia today.

The stage was marked by a fair number of minor attacks and attempts to get away, but it was not until the major climb of the day at Pla de los Llomes, 20 kms from the finish, that the final group was formed. Attacks by Martínez (Euskatel), Tauler (Kelme) and Jalabert (ONCE, twice), split the peloton and a group of nine was formed where this trio was completed with Belli, Olano, Domínguez, Pascual Llorente, Di Grande and Kivilev.

In the last kilometer teammates Tauler and Pascual Llorente managed to surprise better sprinters like di Grande Jalabert and Belli.

Marco Pantani's come back in the peloton passed almost unnoticed. He stopped twice in the begining of the stage to adjust his saddle and came in the main bunch at 3.34 with Savoldelli, Freire, Bettini, the Zberg brothers, Virenque, Merckx, Gotti, Zülle and Bartoli. Lance Armstrong, maybe jet lagged, finished in the first "autobus" another six minutes down.

Camenzind, Salmon, Boogerd, Dufaux, Petito and García Casas were in a group finishing barely half a minute after the winner and still have a good chance in the overall classification.

Results

1. Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca    04.17.18
2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Once-Deutsche Bank
3. Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
4. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
5. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina
6. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R-Prevoyance
7. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
8. Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
9. Abraham Olano (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank
10. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                             0.25
11. Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  0.27
12. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros
13. Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
14. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
15. Felix M. Garcia (Spa) Festina
16. Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno
17. Gaiztka Lejarreta (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank
18. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank
19. Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
20. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
21. Luis Perez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
22. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli
23. Benoït Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
24. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
25. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto
26. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Banesto
27. Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service             03.34
28. José Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
29. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites
30. Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
31. Jonathan Hall (Aus) Festina
32. Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli
33. David Plaza (Spa) Festina
34. Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti
35. Jose Rosa (Por) L.A. Pecol
36. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto
37. David Navas (Spa) Banesto
38. Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina
39. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom
40. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Telekom
41. David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
42. Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
43. Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa) Costa de Almeria
44. Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Vitalicio Seguros
45. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno
46. Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno
47. Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
48. Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
49. Gines Salmeron (Spa) Costa de Almeria
50. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
51. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
52. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance
53. Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros
54. Francisco Javi Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
55. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Team Polti
56. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service
57. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites
58. Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Farm Frites
59. Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step
60. Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
61. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
62. Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
63. Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
64. Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
65. Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
66. Javie Pascual Rodri. (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
67. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
68. Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
69. Michele Laddomada (Ita) L.A. Pecol
70. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto
71. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
72. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                   04.41
73. Thomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto
74. Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom
75. David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis
76. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom
77. Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites                  09.41
78. Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno
79. Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno
80. Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
81. David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
82. Dimitri Konychev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo
83. Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites
84. David Clinger (USA) Festina
85. Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin
86. I¤igo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
87. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service
88. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites
89. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank
90. José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank
91. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service
92. Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti
93. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
94. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
95. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
96. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
97. Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
98. Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
99. Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
100. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
101. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
102. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
103. Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol
104. Isidro Nozal (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank
105. Rafael Diaz (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank
106. Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) L.A. Pecol
107. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service
108. Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A. Pecol
109. David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
110. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom
111. Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
112. Segis De La Torre (Spa) L.A. Pecol
113. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti
114. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti
115. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service
116. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
117. Jose Manuel Uria (Spa) Team Polti
118. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service
119. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
120. Manuel Fernandez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step
121. Salius Sarkauskas (Ltu) L.A. Pecol
122. Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R-Prevoyance
123. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
124. Daniel Clavero (Spa) Team Polti
125. David Garcia (Spa) Costa de Almeria
126. Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Costa de Almeria
127. Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
128. German Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
129. Cesar Perez (Spa) Costa de Almeria
130. Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno
131. Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
132. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites
133. Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank
134. Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina
135. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
136. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
137. Juan J De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
138. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno
139. Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis
140. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis
141. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis
142. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto
143. Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis
144. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank
145. Javier Ochoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
146. Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
147. David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
148. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
149. Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
150. Joaquin Gomes (Por) L.A. Pecol                      11.51
151. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina
152. Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Costa de Almeria
153. Carlos Torrens (Spa) Costa de Almeria
154. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
155. Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin
156. Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
157. David Latasa (Spa) Banesto
158. Julian Dean (Nzl) US Postal Service
159. Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
160. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti
161. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Telekom
162. Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
163. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
164. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa de Almeria
165. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
166. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom

Teams:
1. Kelme-Costa Blanca     12.52.21
2. Once-Deutsche Bank
3. Vitalicio Seguros          0.25
4. Festina                    3.34
5. Fassa Bortolo
6. Ag 2 R Prevoyance
7. Rabobank                   3.59
8. Banesto                    4.01
9. Euskaltel-Euskadi          6.41
10. Saeco-Valli & Valli       7.08
11. Mercatone Uno
12. Cofidis                   8.15
13. Farm Frites              10.15
14. Telekom                  11.22
15. Lampre-Daikin            13.14
16. Relax-Fuenlabrada        16.22
17. US Postal Service
18. Team Polti
19. L.A. Pecol
20. Costa De Almeria
21. Mapei-Quick Step

Points:

1. Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca    25 pts
2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Once-Deutsche Bank           20
3. Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             16
4. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros       14
5. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                    12
6. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R-Prevoyance                10
7. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                   9
8. Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        8
9. Abraham Olano (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank               7
10. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                          6
11. Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               5
12. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                4
13. Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                  3
14. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                    2
15. Felix M. Garcia (Spa) Festina                       1

Mountains:

Pla De Les Llomes, cat 1 at 132 kms
1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Once-Deutsche Bank           16 pts
2. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag 2 R Prevoyance              12
3. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                  10
4. Antonio Tauler (Esp) Kelme-Costa Blanca              8
5. Abraham Olano (Esp) Once-Deutsche Bank               6
6. Jose Alberto Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi        4
7. Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                     3
8. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Esp) Vitalicio Seguros        2
9. Javier Pascual Llorente (Esp) Kelme-costa Blanca     1

Sprints:

Sagunt at 50 kms:
1. Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol                         3 pts
2. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                             2
3. Leon van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                          1

Port de Sagunt at 107 kms:
1. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag 2 R Prevoyance          3 pts
2. Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol                         2
3. Salius Sarkauskas (Ltu) L.A. Pecol                   1

Sprints overall:
1. Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol                         5 pts
2. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag 2 R Prevoyance          3
3. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                             2
4. Salius Sarkauskas (Ltu) L.A. Pecol                   1
5. Leon van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                          1