Vuelta a Castilla-Leon - 2.4

Spain, July 31-August 4, 2000

Stage 5 - August 4: S.Andres Rabanedo-Bembibre (Alto del Redondal), 169.2 km

Mancebo wins in tough finale

Francisco Mancebo
Photo: © AFP

Best young rider in the Tour de France, Francisco Mancebo (Banesto) won the 15th edition of the Vuelta a Castilla Leon after a final stage triumph. The stage started in San Andrés de Rabanedo and finished at the top of the Alto de Redondal, a first category climb. The stage was certainly decisive, as the top four finishers on the day (Mancebo, A. Osa, Bruylandts, and Totshnig) finished in that order overall.

The initial portion of the race was very aggressive, with a bunch of eight eventually getting away. They gained a maximum of seven minutes on the main field before the gap started to be reduced. On the first category climb of Moncebadón they lost a lot of ground and were eventually cuaght at the intermediate sprint at Bembibre, 14 kilometres from the finish.

Then, the strong men of the race gave it everything on the final climb. Francisco Mancebo attacked on the lower slopes and no-one could follow his rate. He only had to make up 42 seconds on leader Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano, and did much more than this by the finish, nearly two minutes in total. Aitor Osa (Banesto) and Belgian Dave Bruylandts (Palmans) were next but could not close the gap to Mancebo.

Results

1. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto                       4.24.09
2. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto                                  0.35
3. Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Palmans Ideal                      0.42
4. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Deutsche Telekom                   0.45
5. Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi                   1.13
6. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank               
7. Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto                                   1.21
8. Ricardo Ochoa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca                   1.44
9. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi                  1.48
10. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                   1.55
11. Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros       1.59
12. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Deutsche Telekom                     2.04
13. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank               2.14
14. Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                  
15. Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom              2.39
16. Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Deutsche Telekom                2.46
17. Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada             2.54
18. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi                  
19. Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria              3.08
20. Hernan Dario Muñoz (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada              3.25
21. Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros             3.25
22. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                 3.40
23. Holder Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger                    3.44
24. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi                4.31
25. Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca                 4.37
26. Scott Sunderland (Aus) Palmans Ideal                    4.46
27. Oscar Mason (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom                 4.58
28. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team                     5.13
29. Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites                        5.28
30. Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada              5.36
31. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom            5.59
32. Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca             6.06
33. Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria           6.16
34. Vitaly Kokorin (Rus) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport          6.21
35. José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca         6.26
36. Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom         6.52
37. Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom                  6.58
38. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio                      7.11
39. David Vazquez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                   7.14
40. Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Nürnberger                   7.39
41. Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi         7.58
42. Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros         8.40
43. Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Farm Frites                    8.45
44. Justin Spinelli (Usa) Farm Frites                      
45. Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom                
46. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Post Swiss Team                 
47. Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team             
48. Vladimir Smirnov (Ltu) Palmans Ideal              
49. Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada               9.11
50. Martin Garrido (Arg) Relax Fuenlabrada                  9.21
51. Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites                     9.23
52. Bram Schimtz (Ned) Farm Frites                  
53. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team               
54. German Nieto (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                    10.31
55. Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                   10.58
56. Fabio Malberti (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport          12.55
57. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport       12.57
58. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport         13.10
59. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank               13.25
60. Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team                   
61. Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger) Farm Frites                   13.32
62. Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca            13.51
63. Alberto D. Fernandez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria        13.57
64. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites                     14.57
65. Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria             16.51
66. Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria              18.29
67. Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger                  20.38
68. Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros                      20.44
69. Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio                             21.09
70. Gerben Lowik (Ned) Farm Frites                          22.16

Final general classification:

1. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto                       17.27.05
2. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto                                   0.14
3. Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Palmans Ideal                       0.47
4. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Deutsche Telekom                    0.53
5. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                0.55
6. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi                   1.15
7. Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros         1.17
8. Unai Osa (Spa) Banesto                                    1.43
9. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                     1.47
10. Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                   2.20
11. Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada              3.02
12. Ricardo Ochoa (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca                   3.05
13. Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi                   3.30
14. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Deutsche Telekom                      4.30
15. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                4.30
16. Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca                  5.54
17. Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Deutsche Telekom                 6.07
18. Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros              6.10
19. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                  7.25
20. Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada               7.58
21. Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites                         8.01
22. Vitaly Kokorin (Rus) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport           8.13
23. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi                   8.23
24. Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca              9.01
25. Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi                10.01
26. Hernan Dario Muñoz (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada              10.02
27. Holder Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger                    10.17
28. Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom         10.26
29. Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria              11.47
30. Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom            12.04
31. Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom              13.02
32. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport       13.22
33. Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Nürnberger                   14.17
34. Scott Sunderland (Aus) Palmans Ideal                    15.02
35. José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca         16.16
36. Oscar Mason (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom              
37. Fabio Malberti (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport          18.08
38. David Vazquez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                   18.53
39. Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada            
40. Alain Turicchia (Ita) Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport         19.04
41. Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria           20.49
42. Martin Garrido (Arg) Relax Fuenlabrada                  21.27
43. Miguel A. M. Perdiguero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros         25.57
44. German Nieto (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada                    27.16
45. Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom                  28.22
46. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Post Swiss Team                   30.09
47. Vladimir Smirnov (Ltu) Palmans Ideal                    31.13
48. Matthias Kessler (Ger) Deutsche Telekom                 31.40
49. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Post Swiss Team                     31.46
50. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio                      32.00
51. Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Farm Frites                    32.36
52. Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi         33.54
53. Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger                  34.38
54. Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team                    35.33
55. Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites                     35.36
56. Bram Schimtz (Ned) Farm Frites                          36.37
57. Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Post Swiss Team               36.51
58. Philipp Buschor (Swi) Post Swiss Team                   37.01
59. Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                   37.13
60. Dirk Ronellenfitsch (Ger) Farm Frites                   39.06
61. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank               45.07
62. Justin Spinelli (Usa) Farm Frites                       46.05
63. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites                     46.22
64. Gerben Lowik (Ned) Farm Frites                          53.10
65. Jan Hruska (Cze) Vitalicio Seguros                      53.38
66. Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme Costa Blanca            54.07
67. Alberto D. Fernandez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria        56.00
68. Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria           1.00.27
69. Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria            1.01.54
70. Marco Magnani (Ita) Alessio                           1.03.03