57th Vuelta Comunidad Valenciana - 2.3

Spain, February 22-26, 2000

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Stage 5 - February 26 Castellon - Valencia, 68 km

Cipo nabs one

Mario Cipollini, of the Saeco team has won the first of two stages of the Vuelta Comunidad Valenciana today. The Lion King finished in front of Swedish Farm Frites rider, Glenn Magnusson and Elio Aggiano of the Viatlicio Seguros team in another bunch sprint.

The 68 km stage was not expected to shake up the overall standings, and the only attempt at a break came from Italian Fabio Roscioli (Costa Almeria) before the halfway point. However, there were still sprints to go for, and it was L.A. Pecol's Pedro Lópes who took the first one, with teammate Joachim Gomes taking the second.

The teams of Saeco and Telekom once again did the job of leading the bunch out, but Zabel's legs failed him at the end. His teammate, Gianmatteo Fagnini did manage fourth at least. Festina's Guiseppi de Grande maintained his two second advantage in the classification, but that would surely be shortlived with the likes of Jalabert and Olano breathing down his neck.

This afternoon's final 20 km time trial will be held in the Valencian capital, and will be the definitive stage for the overall classification.

Results

1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli            1.40.32 (40.583 km/h)
2 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites                       
3 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                    
4 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom                       
5 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                   
6 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno                       
7 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina                               
8 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                 
9 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                   
10 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                        
11 German Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                   
12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                             
13 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol                           
14 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites                       
15 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service                
16 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites                         
17 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          
18 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                 
19 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin                 
20 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     
21 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites                    
22 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   
23 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                            
24 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                
25 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina                       
26 Oscar Freire (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                    
27 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  
28 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                   
29 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      
30 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                            
31 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance                   
32 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     
33 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                 
34 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites                    
35 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros              
36 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros          
37 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Vitalicio Seguros               
38 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti                     
39 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin                
40 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service                 
41 David Clinger (USA) Festina                            
42 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli            
43 Salius Sarkauskas (Ltu) L.A. Pecol                     
44 Pascual Javier Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca       
45 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A. Pecol                     
46 Massimo Codol (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                      
47 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                    
48 Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti                     
49 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                     
50 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Team Polti                        
51 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance              
52 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 
53 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno                         
54 Andrea Peron (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       
55 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      
56 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                
57 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                  
58 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                   
59 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto                        
60 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank              
61 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi            
62 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
63 Felix M. Garcia (Spa) Festina                          
64 Carlos Torrens (Spa) Costa De Almeria                  
65 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                    
66 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service              
67 Jose Manuel Uria (Spa) Team Polti                      
68 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Banesto                          
69 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina                          
70 Gaiztka Lejarreta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank             
71 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli                 
72 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                       
73 Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros                     
74 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service                 
75 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                
76 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Rabobank                          
77 Jose Rosa (Por) L.A. Pecol                             
78 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank               
79 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                   
80 David Garcia (Spa) Costa De Almeria                    
81 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Farm Frites                      
82 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                         
83 Dimitri Konychev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                   
84 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno                    
85 I¤igo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                
86 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                 
87 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli               
88 David Navas (Spa) Banesto                              
89 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto                              
90 Benoít Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                    
91 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli                  
92 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                  
93 David Millar (Gbr) Cofidis                             
94 Francisco Javi Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros          
95 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                   
96 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Telekom                        
97 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service           
98 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                     
99 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti                      
100 José Enriqu Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca         
101 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank           
102 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto                         
103 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                     
104 Joaquin Gomes (Por) L.A. Pecol                         
105 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                  
106 Manuel Fernandez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                
107 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                     
108 Juan J De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca         
109 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada            
110 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                        
111 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service             
112 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom                               
113 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti                            
114 David Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                  
115 David Plaza (Spa) Festina                              
116 Michele Laddomada (Ita) L.A. Pecol                     
117 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom                          
118 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance               
119 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                               
120 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno                   
121 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) L.A. Pecol                     
122 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             
123 Javie Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca       
124 Luis Perez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                     
125 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli             
126 David Tani (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                      
127 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Costa De Almeria                 
128 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance                 
129 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                           
130 Ernesto Manchon (Spa) Costa De Almeria                 
131 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto                       
132 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                            
133 Segis De La Torre (Spa) L.A. Pecol                     
134 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites                      
135 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti                          
136 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) Banesto                           
137 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                         
138 Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada              
139 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada             
140 David Latasa (Spa) Banesto                             
141 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                    
142 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                          
143 Jonathan Hall (Aus) Festina                            
144 Cesar Perez (Spa) Costa De Almeria                     
145 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                              
146 Gines Salmeron (Spa) Costa De Almeria                  
147 Javier Ochoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  
148 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Telekom                             
149 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekom                           
150 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Costa De Almeria                  
151 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                            
152 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                          
153 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                     
154 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno                       
155 Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina                               
156 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                   
157 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis                             
158 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa De Almeria                    25
159 Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli          1.04

Points:

1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli               25 pts
2 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites                       20
3 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                    16
4 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Telekom                       14
5 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                   12
6 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno                       10
7 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina                                9
8 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                  8
9 Ruben Galvan (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                    7
10 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                         6
11 German Nieto (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada                    5
12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                              4
13 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol                            3
14 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites                        2
15 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service                 1

Metas Volantes:

Nules - 15 km

1 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol                             3 pts
2 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                             2
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                               1

Sagunt -  37 km

1 Joaquin Gomes (Por) L.A. Pecol                           3 pts
2 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                             2
3 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol                             1

General classification after stage 5a:

1. Giuseppe di Grande (Ita) Festina          		   19.45.22
2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                   0.02
3. Javier Pascual (Esp) Kelme-Costablanca
4. José Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel
5. Abraham Olano (Esp) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
6. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Esp) Kelme-Costablanca
7. Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R-Prevoyance
8. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
9. Antonio Tauler (Esp) Kelme-Costablanca
10. Ruben Galvan (Esp) Kelme-Costablanca       		       0.25