Vuelta a Cuba - Cat. 2.5Cuba, February 8 - February 20, 2000Stage 13 - February 20: Pinar del Río-Paseo del Prado, 169 kmPerez almost loses it In spite of a dramatic fall 50 km from the finish, the Cuban Pedro Pablo Perez still managed to win the 25th Vuelta a Cuba, from Venezuelan Omar Pumar after the finish in Havana. Perez, who led throughout the race over more than 2,000 km, fell during the last stage, but remounted using another bike to complete the race. The stage was won by Czech Petr Herman, from Cuban Joel Mariño in a 70- man bunch sprint in 5:18.52. Mexican Carlos Manuel Hernandez won the points classification, while Carlos Maya took the mountains jersey. In the teams, Cuba A beat the Venuzuelan lottery team, followed by Cuba B.
1 Petr Herman (Cze) PSK Unit Expert 5.18.52 2 Joel Mariño (Cub) Cuba B 3 Pedro Pablo Pérez (Cub) Cuba A 4 Artur Krzeszowis (Ita) Amore e Vita 5 Yosvany Falcón (Cub) Cuba A 6 Pío Batista (Cub) Cuba B 7 Carlos Maya (Ven) Lotería del Táchira 8 Josef Lontscharitsch (Aut) RGS Olympia Park 9 Nivaldo Enríquez (Cub) Cuba B 10 Alexander Clavelo (Cub) Cuba B Final general classification: 1 Pedro Pablo Pérez (Cub) Cuba A 51.19.36 2 Omar Pumar (Ven) Lotería del Táchira 1.12 3 Iddis A Tabares (Cub) Cuba A 2.03 4 Eliecer Valdés (Cub) Cuba A 3.11 5 Yosvany Falcón (Cub) Cuba A 3.34 6 Robinson Merchán (Ven) Lotería del Táchira 6.06 7 Carlos Maya (Ven) Lotería del Táchira 7.36 8 Josep Lonstcharitsch (Aut) RGS Olympia Park 16.10 9 Nivaldo Enríquez (Cub) Cuba B 24.09 10 Alexander Clavelo (Cub) Cuba B 25.08 Metas volantes: 1 Carlos Manuel Hernández (Mex) 33 Pts 2 Joel Mariño (Cub) Cuba B 16 3 Yosvany Falcón (Cub) Cuba A 15 4 Robinson Merchán (Ven) Lotería del Táchira 11 5 William Leyva (Cub) Guantánamo 10 Mountains: 1 Carlos Maya (Ven) Lotería del Táchira 40 Pts 2 Robinson Merchán (Ven) Lotería del Táchira 23 3 Josep Lontscharitsch (Aut) RGS Olympia Park 20 4 Omar Pumar (Ven) Lotería del Táchira 8 Teams: 1 Cuba-A 154.03.46 2 Venuzuela Lotería del Táchira 6.59 3 Cuba-B 58.43 |