GP Portugal Telecom - 2.4Portugal, March 15-18, 2000The Stages
PreviewGrande Prémio Portugal Telecom is a four day race that has existed for four years. Some of the international teams hangs on from last weeks Volta ao Algarve but others are new. Banesto will not ride as previously stated but Mapei and Once will take part. More Portuguese division III teams are also ridning this race over a total distance of 591,5 kilometers. The race starts outside of Lisbon but heads on the first stage up to Marinha Grande, halfways to Porto. The second stage stays in the area with the finish in Pombal. The third stage takes the race north west up to the mountains with a mountain top finish at Penhas da Saúde. The final stage is a 23.3 kms TT. Riders to keep an eye on: Mapei has a number of fine names like Pavel Tonkov, Tom Steels, Paolo Lanfranchi, Andrea Noe and others. For the sprints Steels will have some troubles with Festina's Marcel Wust and why not Isaac Galvez of Kelme. And of course Anggel Edo in Maia who dominated the sprints on the Algarve coast. Start ListMapei - Quick Step 1 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) 2 Bart Leysen (Ita) 3 Leif Hoste (Bel) 4 Andrea Noe (Ita) 5 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) 6 Fred Rodriguez (Usa) 7 Tom Steels (Bel) 8 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Cantanhede - Marques de Marialva 11 Luis Silva (Por) 12 Hugo Vitor (Por) 13 Miguel Martinez (Spa) 14 Oscar Serrano (Spa) 15 Frederic Ivars (Spa) 16 Renzo Ragnetti (Ita) 17 Alexis Rojas (Col) 18 Angelo Silva (Por) Gresco Tavira 21 Jose Martinez (Spa) 22 Guillermo Ferrer (Spa) 23 Domingo Segado (Spa) 24 Juan Ruiz (Spa) 25 Paulo Martins (Por) 26 Nelson Victorino (Por) 27 Pedro Martins (Por) 28 David Costa (Por) P.Rota D.Movels - Tintas Vip 31 Miguel Suarez (Spa) 32 Virgilio Santos (Por) 33 Paulo Costa (Por) 34 Jorge Carvalho (Por) 35 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) 36 Cesar Quiterio (Por) 37 Jorge Sedano (Spa) 38 David Blanco (Swi) Banesto 41 Candido Barbosa (Por) 42 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) 43 Eladio Jiminez (Spa) 44 Pablo Lastras (Spa) 45 Denis Menchov (Rus) 46 Aitor Osa (Spa) 47 48 Festina 51 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) 52 Marcel Wust (Ger) 53 Rafael Casero (Spa) 54 Angel Sainz De La Maza (Spa) 55 Sascha Henrix (Ger) 56 Ivan Sastre (Spa) 57 58 Kelme - Costa Blanca 61 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) 62 Juan Jose De Los Angeles 63 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) 64 Isaac Galvez (Spa) 65 Eligio Requejo (Spa) 66 J. Joquin Castelblanco (Col) 67 Antonio Tauler (Spa) 68 Felix Cardenas (Col) Euskaltel - Euskadi 71 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) 72 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) 73 Aitor Kintana (Spa) 74 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) 75 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) 76 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) 77 Iban Mayo (Spa) 78 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Team Gerolsteiner 81 Filip Branko (Slo) 82 Svein - Gaute Holestol (Nor) 83 Uwe Peschel (Ger) 84 Michael Rich (Ger) 85 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) 86 Thomas Mulbacher (Aut) 87 Volker Ordowski (Ger) 88 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) 92 Matthias Buxhoffer (Aut) 93 Christian Charriere (Swi) 94 Rene Stadelmann (Swi) 95 Cedric Fragniere (Swi) 96 Uwe Straumann (Swi) 97 Stephane Richner (Swi) 98 Jochen Summer (Aut) Troiamarisco - Matesica 101 Alexandre Pinho (Por) 102 Javier Llamas (Spa) 103 Jorge Capitan (Spa) 104 Luis Castellano (Spa) 105 Luis Pedro (Por) 106 Pablo Getafe (Spa) 107 Sergio Rodrigues (Por) 108 Unai Yus (Spa) Porta da Ravessa 111 Vitor Gamito (Por) 112 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) 113 Vidal Fitas (Por) 114 Rui Sousa (Por) 115 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) 116 Nuno Alves (Por) 117 Gustavo Otero (Spa) 118 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Maia - MSS 121 Jose Azevedo (Por) 122 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) 123 Angel Edo (Spa) 124 Goncalo Amorim (Por) 125 Paulo Barroso (Por) 126 Pedro Cardoso (Por) 127 Joao Silva (Por) 128 Joan Horrach (Spa) La - Pecol 131 Youri Sourkov (Mda) 132 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) 133 Bruno Castanheira (Por) 134 Joaquim Gomes (Por) 135 Jose Rosa (Por) 136 Philipe Fernandes (Spa) 137 Michele Laddomada (Ita) 138 Ruben Ispizua (Spa) Boavista 141 Pedro Andrade (Por) 142 David Bernabeu (Spa) 143 Pedro Soeiro (Por) 144 Adrian Palomares (Spa) 145 Marco Morais (Por) 146 Atanas Petrov (Bul) 147 Delmino Pereira (Por) 148 Josep Jufre (Spa) Barbot - Torrie 151 Paulo Ferreira (Por) 152 Rafael Ruiz (Spa) 153 Carlos Pinho (Por) 154 Manuel Liberato (Por) 155 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) 156 Joaquim Andrade (Por) 157 Pedro Costa (Por) 158 David Moras (Fra) Fuenlabrada 161 Andres Bermejo (Spa) 162 David Vazquez (Spa) 163 Imanol Ayestaran (Spa) 164 Garman Nieto (Spa) 165 Ceesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) 166 J. Manuel Vasquez (Spa) 167 Nacor Burgos (Spa) 168 Martin Garrido (Arg) Sport Lisboa e Benfica 171 Melchor Mauri (Spa) 172 Quintino Rodrigues (Por) 173 Joona Laukka (Fin) 174 Jose Garrido (Spa) 175 Fabio Quercioli (Ita) 176 Hugo Lucio (Por) 177 Rui Pedro Enriques (Por) 178 Marco Madrucci (Ita)
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