Vuelta a Cuba - Cat. 2.5

Cuba, February 8 - February 20, 2000

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Stage 8 - February 15: Sancti Spiritus-Cienfuegos, 175 km

Babler solos to win

German rider, Jean Babler has gained the eighth stage of the Vuelta a Cuba in a solo victory. The 175 km stage was run between Sancti Spiritus and Cienfuegos, in the center of the island.

Babler escaped from a break of nine riders 16 kilometers from the finish, to win in a time of 4:24.34. In second and third places were Cubans Adonis Cardoso (City of Havana), at 58 seconds, and Anatoli Cancio (Habana) at 2:02.

In the overall classification, Pedro Pablo Perez (Cuba A) maintained his lead over teammate Yosvany Falcón and Venezuelan Aldrin Salamanca of Táchira Lottery. In the teams classification, Cuba A and B hold the top two positions, with the Táchiran Lottery team in third place.

Results

1. Jean Babler (Ger) Stadler VC                 4.24.34
2. Adonis Cardoso (Cub) Ciudad de La Habana        0.58
3. Anatoli Cancio (Cub) Habana                     2.02
4. Yudel Escobar (Cub) Ciego de Avila
5. Vicente Sanabria (Cub) Matanzas
6. Erick Pérez (Cub) Ciudad Habana
7. Lizardo Benítez (Cub) Guantanamo
8. Roberto Cabrera (Cub) Pinar del Rio
9. Lubor Tesar (Cze) PSK Unit Expert               2.54
10. Damian Martínez (Cub) Guantánamo


General Classification after stage 8:

1. Pedro Pablo Perez (Cub) Cuba A              28.44.07
2. Yosvany Falcón (Cub) Cuba A                     0.11
3. Aldrin Salamanca (Ven) Loteria del Tachira      0.31
4. Yosvany Gutiérrez (Cub) Centrales               0.32
5. Omar Pumar (Ven) Lotería del Táchira            0.32


Teams classification:

1. Cuba A
2. Cuba B
3. Loteria del Tachira