Euskal Bizikleta/Bicicleta Vasca - 2.1Spain, May 24-28, 2000Main page ResultsStage 1 - May 24: Eibar-Zizur Nagusia, 179.6 kmLombardi takes out number one
Italian speedster, Giovanni Lombardi (Telekom) often in the shadow of Erik Zabel, today took out the first stage of the Euskal Bizikleta, 179 kilometres between Eibar and Zizur Mayor. The Italian was the fastest of a sluggish peloton, who covered the distance in 5.09.31 at an average of 34.7 km/h. This was due in part to a protest by the riders, who were not happy with the condition of the road on the climb of the Alto de Aguiña. The decision was made to neutralise the race through that section, and the organisers were praying that it would rain, as there was no asphalt on the road. The race didn't really start until after the feed zone where the first of several small attacks was mounted. Crosswinds made it quite difficult, and the bunch began to ride faster, having only covered 90 kilometres in the first three hours. The second category climb of the Alto de Balate (km 142) saw Euskaltel's Haimar Zubeldia attack on the lower slopes, causing the bunch to split behind him. All the favourites were in the first group (Zulle, Etxebarria, Escartin, Heras, and Zarrabeitia) and they trailed Zubeldia by 1.40 at the top of the climb. The last 40 kilometres was all downhill, and the chase began in earnest by the bunch, who were now down to some 50 riders. They caught Zubeldia just before the finish, giving Telekom enough time to set up Lombardi for the sprint. He won the stage from Fassa Bortolo's Nicola Loda, and Mikel Artetse (Euskaltel), and took the leader's jersey going into tomorrow's 147.2 kilometre stage from San Fermin Ikastola to Laguardia.
Results
1. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 5.09.31 (34.7 km/h)
2. Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
3. Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
4. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
5. Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
6. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costablanca
7. Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
8. Fausto Dotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
9. Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93
11. Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
12. Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis
13. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
14. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
15. Felice Puttini (Swi) Alessio
16. José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto
17. Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
18. Ramón Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
19. Aleksandr Sheffr (Kaz) Alessio
20. Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
21. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costablanca
22. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step
23. Nicola Miceli (Ita) Alessio
24. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis
25. Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
26. Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
27. Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo
28. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
29. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
30. Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
31. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo
32. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
33. Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
34. Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas-Pata
35. Volodymyr Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
36. Bingen Fdez. Bustinza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
37. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto
38. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
39. Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
40. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Deutsche Telekom
41. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis
42. Francisco Javier Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
43. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
44. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Deutsche Telekom
45. Francisco Tomas Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
46. Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
47. Alberto Elli (Ita) Deutsche Telekom
48. Andrés Bermejo (Spa) Colchones-Relax Fuenlabrada
49. Dominique Rault (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
50. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
51. Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 0.15
52. Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom 0.31
53. Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 8.02
54. César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Colchones-Relax Fuenlabrada
55. Oscar Fernandez (Spa) Colchones-Relax Fuenlabrada
56. Luis Perez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
57. Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank
58. Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) Alessio
59. David Navas (Spa) Banesto
60. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
61. Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Colchones-Relax Fuenlabrada
62. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
63. Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
64. José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costablanca
65. Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
66. Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costablanca
67. Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
68. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
69. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto
70. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto
71. Javier Ochoa Palacios (Spa) Kelme-Costablanca
72. Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) Cantina Tollo
73. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom
74. Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Costa Del Almeria
75. Pablo Soler (Spa) Costa Del Almeria
76. Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchones-Relax Fuenlabrada
77. Manu L'Hoir (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
78. Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costablanca
79. Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
80. Ricardo Valdes (Spa) Costa Del Almeria
81. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
82. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
83. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
84. Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Costa Del Almeria
85. Denis Leproux (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
86. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto
87. Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
88. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
89. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
90. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
91. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
92. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis
93. Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
94. Flavio Zandarin (Ita) Alessio
95. Marco Artunghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
96. Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
97. Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9.49
98. Cesar Perez Padron (Spa) Costa Del Almeria
99. Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin
100. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
101. Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Colchones-Relax Fuenlabrada
102. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
103. Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
104. José Antonio Pecharoman Costa Del Almeria
105. Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo
106. Gian Mario Ortenzi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
107. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
108. Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank
109. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
110. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank
111. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Alessio
112. Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchones-Relax Fuenlabrada
113. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Deutsche Telekom
114. Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
115. Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costablanca
116. Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
117. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Cofidis
118. Oleg Joukov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93
119. Gines Salmeron (Spa) Costa Del Almeria
120. Cesar Solaun (Spa) Banesto
121. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Banesto
122. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Alessio
123. Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis
124. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
125. Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis
126. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
127. Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo
128. Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
129. Sasa Gajicic (Yug) Alessio
130. David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
131. Stéphane Berges (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
132. Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo
133. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata
134. Alexandr Fedenko (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata
135. Carlos Alberto Contreras (Spa) Kelme-Costablanca
136. Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
137. Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Costa Del Almeria
138. Michele Coppolillo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
139. Marco Cannone (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 17.06
140. Matteo Algeri (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
141. Imanol Ayestaran (Spa) Colchones-Relax Fuenlabrada
142. Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93
143. Jay Sweet (Aus) Bigmat-Auber 93 28.08
144. Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat-Auber 93
145. Germano Pierdomenico (Ita) Cantina Tollo
146. Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo
Points:
1. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 25
2. Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20
3. Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16
4. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 14
5. Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 12
6. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costablanca 10
7. Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9
8. Fausto Dotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 8
9. Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
10. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat-Auber 93 6
11. Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
12. Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 4
13. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3
14. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2
15. Felice Puttini (Swi) Alessio 1
Mountains:
Alto Itziar Gaina, Cat 3, 23.2 km
1. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 3
2. Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Costa Del Almeria 1
Alto de Aritzulegi, Cat 2, 85.7 km
1. Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Colchones-Relax Fuenlabrada 6
2. Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
3. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 2
Alto de Agiña Gaina, Cat 1, 94.2 km
1. José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 10
2. Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8
3. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 6
4. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 4
5. Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Colchones-Relax Fuenlabrada 2
Alto de Belate Gaina, Cat 2, 142.4 km
1. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
2. José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 4
3. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 2
Mountains classification:
1. José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 14
2. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 13
3. Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Colchones-Relax Fuenlabrada 8
4. Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8
5. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
6. Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
7. José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Banesto 4
8. Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Costa Del Almeria 1
Sprint at Usurbil, 57.3 km
1. Oscar Fernandez (Spa) Colchones-Relax Fuenlabrada 3
2. Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 2
3. Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 1
Sprint at Ulzama 148.2 km
1. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
2. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 2
3. Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1
Sprints classification:
1. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
2. Oscar Fernandez (Spa) Colchones-Relax Fuenlabrada 3
3. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis 2
4. Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 2
5. Massimo Cigana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1
6. Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Bigmat-Auber 93 1
Teams:
1 Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.28.33
2 Fassa Bortolo
3 Mercatone Uno - Albacom
4 Alessio SGM
5 O.N.C.E. - Deutsche Bank
6 Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone
7 Team Deutsche Telekom
8 Vitalicio Seguros - Grupo Generali
9 Kelme - Costa Blanca 8.02
10 Banesto
11 Lotto - Adecco
12 Rabobank
13 Liquigas - Pata
14 Bigmat Auber 93
15 Fuenlabrada 16.04
16 Mapei - Quick Step
17 Cantina Tollo 17.51
18 Costa De Almeria 24.06
19 Lampre - Daikin 27.40
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