80th Volta a Catalunya - 2.HCSpain, June 15 - 22, 2000Main Page ResultsStage 1 - June 15: Pineda-Vilaseca, TTT, 21.8 kmONCE's Cañada connectionThe 80th edition of the Volta a Catalunya got inderway today with a 21.8 kilometre team time trial. ONCE-Deutsche Bank, specialists at this event (although without their heavy hitters Laurent Jalabert and Abraham Olano) were the winners, clocking 26:22 (49.51 km/h) to beat Vitalicio Seguros by a mere 2 seconds. In third spot was Mapei, another 4 seconds behind. By virtue of crossing the line first, David Cañada will wear the leader's jersey tomorrow. The parcours was quite challenging for a team event, conducted on narrow roads with bad surfaces. A lot of corners, especially in the second half of the event made things even trickier before the race finished in the velodrome. Festina were the early challengers for the fastest time, setting 26:36 as the benchmark before Viatlicio came through and bettered it by 12 seconds. Favourites Telekom were slightly off the pace, despite having riders of Andreas Klöden and Erik Zabel's quality, and they eventually finished 5th. Mapei (Tonkov and Beltran the principal riders) came close to the fastest before ONCE finally sealed it. Tomorrow's stage to will be from Vilaseca to Vilanova I Geltru (160 km) and is fairly flat, containing only 2 category 3 climbs. The stage will be dedicated to the memory of Manuel Sanroma (of Fuenlabrada), the young Spaniard who died in the last edition of this race in a fall close to the line.
Results1 David Cañada (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 26.22 (49.51 km/h) 2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 3 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 4 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 5 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 6 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 7 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 8 Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.02 9 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 10 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 11 Miguel A. M.Perdiguero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 12 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 13 Francisco Tomas Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 14 Francisco Javier Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.06 16 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 18 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 19 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 20 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 21 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Festina 0.14 22 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 23 Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 24 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina 25 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 26 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.16 27 Erik Zabel (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 0.20 28 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 29 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 30 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 31 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Deutsche Telekom 32 Dylan Casey (USA) U.S. Postal Service 33 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 34 Marty Jemison (USA) U.S. Postal Service 35 Levy Leipheimer (USA) U.S. Postal Service 36 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 37 Benoit Joachim (Lux) U.S. Postal Service 38 Frankie Andreu (USA) U.S. Postal Service 39 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 0.27 40 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 41 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 42 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 43 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 44 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola 0.33 45 Moreno Pezze (Ita) Vini Caldirola 46 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola 47 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola 48 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola 49 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola 50 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.37 51 Steve Vermaut (Bel) U.S. Postal Service 0.39 52 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola 0.45 53 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 0.47 54 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto 55 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 56 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Banesto 57 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 58 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 59 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 60 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 61 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.48 62 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.49 63 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 64 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 65 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 67 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 68 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.50 69 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 0.55 76 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 77 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 78 René Joergensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 79 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 80 Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.00 81 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 82 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 83 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 84 Marco Vergnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo 85 Andres Bermejo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.04 86 Pedro Jimenez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 87 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 88 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 89 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 90 Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 91 Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 92 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 93 Rafael Casero (Spa) Festina 1.18 94 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Farm Frites 1.10 95 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 96 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites 97 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 98 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 99 Pieter Vries (Ned) Farm Frites 100 Carlos Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.11 101 Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.13 102 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 103 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 104 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola 1.25 105 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.31 106 Carlos Torrens (Spa) Costa De Almeria 1.56 107 Antonio Colom (Spa) Costa De Almeria 108 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Costa De Almeria 109 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa De Almeria 110 Gines Salmeron (Spa) Costa De Almeria 111 Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa) Costa De Almeria 112 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Costa De Almeria 113 Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.18 114 Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 115 Massimiliano Gentilli (Ita) Cantina Tollo 116 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 2.50 117 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 3.09 118 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 119 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 120 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.21 121 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 3.36 122 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina 3.38 123 David Clinger (USA) Festina 124 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 4.03 125 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 126 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Costa De Almeria 127 Justin Spinelli (USA) Farm Frites 4.29 128 Manuel Fernandez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 4.31 Teams: 1 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.19.06 2 Vitalicio Seguros 0.06 3 Mapei-Quick Step 0.18 4 Festina 0.42 5 Team Deutsche Telekom 1.00 6 US Postal Service 1.00 7 Lampre-Daikin 1.21 8 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.39 9 Banesto 2.21 10 Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.27 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.30 12 Memorycard-Jack&Jones 2.45 13 Cantina Tollo 3.00 14 Fuenlabrada 3.12 15 Farm Frites 3.30 16 Costa de Almeria 5.48 |