80th Volta a Catalunya - 2.HCSpain, June 15 - 22, 2000Main Page Results Previous stageStage 2 - June 16: Vilaseca-Vilanova I Geltru, 160 kmAnother for ZabelStage 2 was the first real road stage of the Volta a Catalunya, a fairly flat 160 kilometre journey between Vila Seca and Vilanova I Geltru. As with most such stages early on in a tour, the race was decided in a bunch sprint although there were several attempts to get away. The victor was Erik Zabel (Telekom) who is certainly back to his quickest in time for the green jersey in the Tour. He beat compatriot Marcel Wüst, who is also angling for a Tour start with Festina, while Slovenia's Zoran Klemencic (Vini Caldirola) finished third. There were some slight changes in the overall, with ONCE's Marcos Serrano taking over the leader's jersey from teammate David Cañada, however, ONCE still hold the top 7 positions. A hot day saw a fairly fast stage, and the only moderately successful break came from (drum roll) Fabio Roscioli (Costa Almeria) and Eduardo Hernandez (Relax-Fuenlabrada). They threatened ONCE's lead at one stage, gaining 6 minutes on the bunch with 70 kilometres to go. The gap only grew to that size because no-one wanted to chase, seeing as all the riders were still quite close on GC. It didn't matter though, as they were caught with 13 kilometres to go to the finish. The sprinters teams Telekom, Lampre, and Festina were particularly prominent and they set things up for a tight finish. Unfortunately, many corners and roundabouts near the end caused several falls, and Zabel himself was involved in one. There was to be no repeat of last year's death though, and Zabel eventually prevailed over Wüst and Klemencic. It was Zabel's 14th win this year, and he's certainbly sharp for the Tour.
Results1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 3.52.47 2 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina 3 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola 4 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 6 Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 7 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 8 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 10 Miguel A. M.Perdiguero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 11 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 12 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 13 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 15 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 16 René Joergensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 17 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 18 Steve Vermaut (Bel) U.S. Postal Service 19 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 20 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites 21 Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 22 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 23 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 24 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 25 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina 26 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 27 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Farm Frites 28 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 29 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Costa De Almeria 30 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 31 Antonio Colom (Spa) Costa De Almeria 32 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 33 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 34 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 35 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 36 Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 37 Benoit Joachim (Lux) U.S. Postal Service 38 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 39 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 40 Carlos Torrens (Spa) Costa De Almeria 41 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 43 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Francisco Javier Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 47 David Cañada (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 48 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Costa De Almeria 49 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Festina 50 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 51 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 52 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 53 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Deutsche Telekom 54 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 55 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 56 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 57 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola 58 Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa) Costa De Almeria 59 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola 60 Pedro Jimenez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 61 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 62 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 63 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto 64 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 65 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 66 Gines Salmeron (Spa) Costa De Almeria 67 Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 68 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 69 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola 70 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 71 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 72 Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 73 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 74 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 75 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 76 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 77 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola 78 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 79 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 80 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 81 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 82 Marco Vergnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo 83 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 84 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 86 Francisco Tomas Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 87 Frankie Andreu (USA) U.S. Postal Service 88 Pieter Vries (Ned) Farm Frites 89 Rafael Casero (Spa) Festina 90 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 91 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 92 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 93 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 94 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola 95 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola 97 Levy Leipheimer (USA) U.S. Postal Service 98 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 99 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 100 Dylan Casey (USA) U.S. Postal Service 101 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 103 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Banesto 104 Andres Bermejo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 105 Massimiliano Gentilli (Ita) Cantina Tollo 106 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 107 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 108 Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 109 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 110 David Clinger (USA) Festina 111 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 112 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 113 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Manuel Fernandez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 115 Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 116 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 117 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 118 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 119 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 120 Marty Jemison (USA) U.S. Postal Service 121 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 0.54 122 Justin Spinelli (USA) Farm Frites 1.38 123 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa De Almeria 3.38 General classification after stage 2: 1 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 4.19.09 2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 3 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 4 David Cañada (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 5 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 6 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 7 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 8 Miguel A. M.Perdiguero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.02 9 Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 10 Francisco Javier Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 11 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 12 Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 13 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 14 Francisco Tomas Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 15 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 0.06 16 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 17 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 19 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 20 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step 21 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Festina 0.14 22 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 23 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Festina 24 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 25 Felix M. Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 26 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.16 27 Erik Zabel (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 0.20 28 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service 29 Benoit Joachim (Lux) U.S. Postal Service 30 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 31 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Deutsche Telekom 32 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 33 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 34 Frankie Andreu (USA) U.S. Postal Service 35 Levy Leipheimer (USA) U.S. Postal Service 36 Dylan Casey (USA) U.S. Postal Service 37 Marty Jemison (USA) U.S. Postal Service 38 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 0.27 39 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 40 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 41 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 42 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 43 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Vini Caldirola 0.33 44 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola 45 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola 46 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola 47 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola 48 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.37 49 Steve Vermaut (Bel) U.S. Postal Service 0.39 50 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola 0.45 51 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 0.47 52 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 53 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Banesto 54 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 55 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 56 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 57 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 58 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Banesto 59 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 0.48 60 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.49 61 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 62 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 63 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 64 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 65 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.50 67 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 René Joergensen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 0.55 74 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 75 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 76 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 77 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 1.00 78 Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo 79 Marco Vergnani (Ita) Cantina Tollo 80 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo 81 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Cantina Tollo 82 David Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.04 83 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 84 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 85 Pedro Jimenez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 86 Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 87 Andres Bermejo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 88 Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 89 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites 1.10 90 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Farm Frites 91 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Farm Frites 92 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 93 Pieter Vries (Ned) Farm Frites 94 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 95 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.13 96 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 97 Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 98 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 1.14 99 Rafael Casero (Spa) Festina 1.18 100 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola 1.25 101 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.31 102 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Costa De Almeria 1.56 103 Antonio Colom (Spa) Costa De Almeria 104 Carlos Torrens (Spa) Costa De Almeria 105 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Costa De Almeria 106 Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa) Costa De Almeria 107 Gines Salmeron (Spa) Costa De Almeria 108 Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 2.18 109 Massimiliano Gentilli (Ita) Cantina Tollo 110 Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 111 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Farm Frites 2.50 112 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina 3.00 113 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 114 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 115 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 116 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 117 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 119 David Clinger (USA) Festina 120 Manuel Fernandez (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 121 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom 122 Justin Spinelli (USA) Farm Frites 4.38 123 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa De Almeria 5.34 |