37th Setmana Catalana - 2.1

Spain, March 20-24, 2000

1999 Results    Team list     Past Winners

Stage List

  • Stage 1 - March 20: Lloret de Mar - Lloret de Mar, 144 km
  • Stage 2- March 21: Lloret de Mar - Empuriabrava, 170.7 km
  • Stage 3 - March 22: Castelló d'Empúries - Vic, 171 km
  • Stage 4 - March 23. Vic - Cerdanyola del Vallés, 156 km
  • Stage 5a - March 24: Cerdanyola del Vallés - Cerdanyola del Vallés, 76 km
  • Stage 5b - March 24: Barcelona, Montjuïc ITT, 12 km

Preview

The five stage Setmana Catalana begins with a 144 km circuit around Lloret de Mar, and finishes with a 12 km hill time trial up Barcelona's famous Montjuic climb. The route is quite challenging, containing a total of four category one climbs and five category two. Altogether, the race is 730 kilometers.

Although Jan Ullrich will not be racing, due to having the 'flu, the race has no shortage of stars: Lance Armstrong, Juan Carlos Dominguez, Laurent Jalabert, Alex Zülle, Oscar Freire, Jose Maria Jiménez, Fernando Escartín and Melchor Mauri. 160 riders in total will start, with 20 teams participating, including: Banesto, Costa Almeria, Euskaltel-Euskadi, Kelme, ONCE, Relax Fuenlabrada, Vitalicio, Mobilvetta-Rossin, Fassa Bortolo, Amica Chips, Mapei, Mercatone-Uno, Festina, Ag2R, Rabobank, Farm Frites, US Postal Service, Deutsche Telekom, Benfica and Memorycard Jack & Jones.

Main climbs:

Stage 1:
Alt de Lloret (km 4, Cat 3)
Alt de Sant Grau (km 106, Cat 1)

Stage 2:
Alt de Pedrafita (km 126, Cat 2)
Alt de Sant Pere de Rodes (km 145, Cat 1)

Stage 3:
Coll de Bracons (km 77, Cat 1)
Alt de la Trona (km 117, Cat 1)
Alt d'Oristà (km 155, Cat 2)

Stage 4:
Alt de La Pollosa (km 20, Cat 2)
Alt de Castellbisbal (km 99, Cat 3)
Alt del Tibidabo (km 129, Cat 2)

Stage 5B:
Alt de Montjuïc (km 7.9, Cat 2)

Start list

O.N.C.E. Deutsche Bank                   U.S. Postal Service
1 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)                 11 Lance Armstrong (USA)
2 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa)                12 Jamie Burrow (GBr)
3 Peter Luttenberger (Aut)               13 Julian Dean (NZl)
4 Marcos Serrano (Spa)                   14 Tyler Hamilton (USA)
5 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa)                     15 Patrik Jonker (Ned)
6 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa)                16 Christian Vandevelde (USA)
7 David Cañada (Spa)                     17 George Hincapie (USA)
8 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa)                18 Steve Vermaut (Bel)

Banesto                                  Mercatone Uno-Albacom
21 Alex Zuelle (Swi)                     31 Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita)
22 Jose María Jimenez (Spa)              32 Marco Artunghi (Ita)
23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita)                33 Igor Astarloa (Spa)
24 Orlando Rodrigues (Por)               34 Daniele De Paoli (Ita)
25 José Luis Arrieta (Spa)               35 Massimo Cigana (Ita)
26 David Navas (Spa)                     36 Stefano Garzelli (Ita)
27 Aitor Garmendia (Spa)                 37 Oscar Mason (Ita)
                                         38 Massimo Podenzana (Ita)

Kelme-Costa Blanca                       Detusche Telekom
41 Fernando Escartin (Spa)               51 Udo Bölts (Ger)
42 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa)        52 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita)
43 Oscar Sevilla (Spa)                   53 Jörg Jaksche (Ger)
44 Francisco Cabello (Spa)               54 Andreas Klöden (Ger)
45 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa)          55 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita)
46 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa)         56 Georg Totschnig (Aut)
47 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa         57 Matthias Kessler (Ger)
48 Francisco Leon (Spa)                  58 Erik Zabel (Ger)

Vitalicio Seguros                        Mapei-Quick Step
61 Igor Gonzales Galdeano (Spa)          71 Oscar Freire (Spa)
62 Santiago Blanco (Spa)                 72 Manuel Beltran (Spa)
63 Francisco Cerezo (Spa)                73 Davide Bramati (Ita)
64 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa)             74 William Chann Mcrae (USA)
65 Ivan Parra (Col)                      75 Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa)
66 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa)          76 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita)
67 Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa)             77 Axel Merckx (Bel)
68 Pedro Horrillo (Spa)                  78 Pavel Tonkov (Rus)

Euskadi-Euskaltel                        Rabobank
81 Unai Etxebarria (Ven)                 91 Michael Boogerd (Ned)
82 Txema Del Olmo (Spa)                  92 Niki Aebersold (Swi)
83 Angel Castresana (Spa)                93 Addy Engels (Ned)
84 Bingen Fernandez (Spa)                94 Marcel Duijn (Ned)
85 Igor Flores (Spa)                     95 Marc Lotz (Ned)
86 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa)         96 Grischa Niermann (Ger)
87 Aitor Silloniz (Spa)                  97 Aart Vierhouten (Ned)
88 Mikel Artetxe (Spa)                   98 Beat Zberg (Swi)

Cólchones Relax-Fuenlabrada              Ag2r Prévoyance-Décathlon
101 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa)             111 Christophe Agnulotto (Fra)
102 Eduardo Hernandez (Spa)              112 Lauri Aus (Est)
103 David Vazquez (Spa)                  113 Stéphane Barthe (Fra)
104 Hernan Dario Muñoz (Col)             114 David Delrieu (Fra)
105 Martín Garrido (Arg)                 115 Laurent Estadieu (Fra)
106 Germán Nieto (Spa)                   116 Jann Kirsipuu (Est)
107 Nacor Burgos (Spa)                   117 Innar Mandoja (Est)
108 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa)               118 Ludovic Turpin (Fra)

Costa de Almeria                         Festina-Lotus
121 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa)                131 Marcel Wust (Ger)
122 Carlos Torrent (Spa)                 132 Joseba Beloki (Spa)
123 Gines Salmeron (Spa)                 133 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita)
124 Ernesto Manchon (Spa)                134 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa)
125 Carlos Golbano (Spa)                 135 Jonathan Hall (Aus)
126 Diego Prior (Spa)                    136 Jaime Hernandez (Spa)
127 David Garcia (Spa)                   137 David Clinger (USA)
128 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa)              138 David Plaza (Spa)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica                   Memory Card-Jack & Jones
141 Melchor Mauri (Spa)                  151 Allan Johansen (Den)
142 Daniel Bayes (Spa)                   152 Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den)
143 Giuseppe Di Fresco (Ita)             153 Bo Hamburger (Den)
144 José Garrido (Spa)                   154 Michael Sandstod (Den)
145 Joona Laukka (Fin)                   155 René Joergensen (Den)
146 Oscar Lopez Uriarte (Spa)            156 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den)
147 Quintino Rodrigues (Por)             157 Jesper Skibby (Den)
148 Serguei Smetanine (Rus)              158 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den)

Cantina Tollo-Regain                     Farm Frites
161 Emanuele Negrini (Ita)               171 Pieter Vries (Ned)
162 Guido Trenti (USA)                   172 Dave Bruylandts (Bel)
163 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita)            173 Steven Kleynen (Bel)
164 Massimo Giunti (Ita)                 174 Gerben Lowik (Ned)
165 Alessandro Baronti (Ita)             175 Koos Moerenhout (Ned)
166 Marco Vergnani (Ita)                 176 Glenn Magnusson (Swe)
167 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita)                177 Martin Van Steen (Ned)
168 Gabriele Colombo (Ita)               178 Wim Vansevenant (Bel)

Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport                Mobilvetta Design-Rossin
181 Vitali Kokorine (Rus)                191 Ivan Quaranta (Ita)
182 Miguel Almazora (Spa)                192 Filippo Baldo (Ita)
183 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita)              193 Eugeni Berzin (Rus)
185 Mauro Gerosa (Ita)                   195 Timothy Jones (Zim)
186 Oscar Pozzi (Ita)                    196 Milan Kadlec (Cze)
187 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda)                  197 Devis Miorin (Ita)
188 Alain Turicchia (Ita)                198 Alberto Ongarato (Ita)

Past Winners

Year  First                        Second                     Third

1963  José-Pérez Francés (Spa)     A. Suarez (Spa)            F. Manzaneque (Spa)
1964  José-Pérez Francés (Spa)     J. Segu (Spa)              E. Velez (Spa)
1965  José L. Talamillo (Spa)      A. Bertran (Spa)           G. San Miguel (Spa)
1966  José L. Rodriguez (Spa)      A. Gomez del Moral (Spa)   J.M. Lasa (Spa)
1967  Domingo Perurena (Spa)       J. Alomar (Spa)            José-Pérez Francés (Spa)
1968  Mariano Diaz (Spa)           L. P. Santamarina (Spa)    E. Velez (Spa)
1969  Luis Ocaña (Spa)             Gonzalez-Linares (Spa)     D. Zandegu (Ita)
1970  Italo Zilioli (Ita)          Raymond Poulidor (Fra)     Luis Ocaña (Spa)
1971  Raymond Poulidor (Fra)       Gösta Pettersson (Swe)     Luis Ocaña (Spa)
1972  Miguel M. Lasa (Spa)         Raymond Poulidor (Fra)     J. Manzaneque (Spa)
1973  Luis Ocaña (Spa)             Eddy Merckx (Bel)          H Vanspringel (Bel)
1974  Joop Zootemelk (Ned)         Eddy Merckx (Bel)          J. Agostinho (Por)
1975  Eddy Merckx (Bel)            Luis Ocaña (Spa)           Joop Zootemelk (Ned)
1976  Eddy Merckx (Bel)            Gonzalo Aja (Spa)          G. Perletto (Ita)
1977  Freddy Maertens (Bel)        J. Bruyere (Bel)           Michael Pollentier (Bel)
1978  Enrique Cima (Spa)           Miguel M. Lasa (Spa)       P. Vilardebo (Spa)
1979  Claude Crquielion (Bel)      F. Ruperez (Spa)           Felipe Yáñez (Spa)
1980
1981  Sven-Åke Nilsson (Swe)       Vicente Belda (Spa)        Alberto Fernandez (Spa)
1982  Jostein Wilmann (Nor)        Theo De Rooy (Ned)         Tommy Prim (Swe)
1983  Alberto Fernandez (Spa)      F. Ruperez (Spa)           R. Dietzen (Ger)
1984  Phil Anderson (Aus)          R. Dietzen (Aut)           E. Chozas (Spa)
1985  José Recio (Spa)             Phil Anderson (Aus)        Felipe Yáñez (Spa)
1986  Felipe Yáñez (Spa)           Jean-Claude Bagot (Fra)    G. Winterberf (Swi)
1987  Vicente Belda (Spa)          P. Hilse (Ger)             Miguel Indurain (Spa)
1988  Sean Kelly (Ire)             A. Fuerte (Spa)            Iñaki Gastón (Spa)
1989  R. Dietzen (Aut)             Pedro Delgado (Spa)        P.S. Morales (Col)
1990  Iñaki Gastón (Spa)           Tony Rominger (Swi)        Raúl Alcalá (Mex)
1991  Stephen Roche (Ire)          Anselmo Fuerte (Spa)       Joaquín Llach (Spa)
1992  Alex Zülle (Swi)             Iñaki Gastón (Spa)         Raúl Alcalá (Mex)
1993  Pedro Delgado (Spa)          Laudelino Cubino (Spa)     Laurent Dufaux (Swi)
1994  Stefano Della Santa (Ita)    Laurent Dufaux (Swi)       Andy Hampsten (USA)
1995  Francesco Frattini (Ita)     Alex Zülle (Swi)           Aitor Garmendia (Spa)
1996  Alex Zülle (Swi)             Iñigo Cuesta               Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
1997  Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa)  Alex Zülle (Swi)           Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus)
1998  Michael Boogerd (Ned)        Laurent Jalabert (Fra)     Alex Zülle (Swi)
1999  Laurent Jalabert (Fra)       Michael Boogerd (Ned)      Wladimir Belli (Ita)

Mario Stiehl from Berlin compiles the winners lists

Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 1999 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank Mario Stiehl from Berlin compiles the winners lists