Results and Reports for March 16

GP Cafe Tout - 1.12

Sirault, Belgium, March 15, 2000

A group of seven went off already at 35 kms and later another sixteen riders went off from the peloton to catch the septet. They did with only two kilometers left of the race but the Jean Francois Raes already had attacked and was farther up the road. He won by eight seconds to the group where Finn Jukka Heinikainen won the sprint for second. The peloton came in 50 seconds behind.

Results - 115 km

1 Jean Francois Raes (Bel) Louviere             2.55.11
2 Jukka Heinikainen (Fin) Team Mälarenergi         0.08
3 Zbigniew Serafinski (Pol) Kerksen

119 starters

Vuelta a Alicante

Communidad Valenciana, Spain, March 7-11, 2000

Results, Elite and U23

Stage 1:
1. Servando Velarde (Spa) Ávila Rojas
2. José Mario Bosch (Spa) Sodexho-Morella

Stage 2:
1. Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokosphinx
2. Miguel Soro (Spa) Pinturas Banaka
3. Servando Velarde (Spa) Ávila Rojas

Stage 3:
1. Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokosphinx
2. Mariano Fernández (Spa) Sodexho-Morella
3. José Manuel Maestre (Spa) Supermercados Alcosto
4. Francisco José Lara (Spa) Ávila Rojas
5. Luis Murcia (Spa) Videoporteros Tegui

Stage 4:
1. Santiago Segú (Spa) Videoporteros Tegui
2. Mariano Fernández (Spa) Sodexho-Morella
3. Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokosphinx

Stage 5:
1. Adolfo García (Spa) Pinturas Banaka

Final General Classification:
1. Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokosphinx

Sprints: Jeronimo Sanroma (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
Intermediate goals: José Mario Bosch (Spa) Sodexho-Morella
Mountains: Manolo Galvente (Spa) Pinturas Banaka
Points: Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokosphinx

Thanks to Rubén Carro, Ciclismo en España

Circuito Lasarte-Oria - Copa de España

Euskadi, Spain, March 11, 2000

Results

Elite and U23
1. Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Mapei 3.59.13
2. Santiago Pérez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Mapei         0.02
3. Jon Bru (Spa) Banesto
4. Joan Fuentes (Spa) Caffé Baqué                   0.05
5. Patxi Vila (Spa) Caja Rural                      0.12
6. José Luis Martínez (Spa) Ciclos Nico             0.13
7. Israel Núñez (Spa) Caja Rural                    0.24
8. Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Caffé Baqué
9. Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Iberdrola
10. Eloi Coca (Spa) Caja Rural