Criterium Comunidad Foral de Navarra - NE

Spain, October 19, 2000

Heras takes Navarra

Vuelta a España champion, Roberto Heras (Kelme), won the 12th running of the Criterium Comunidad Foral de Navarra, held front of a crowd of 5,000 spectators. Heras beat Banesto's Vicente Garcia Acosta (1999 winner) by two points in the overall classification.

Russian Olympic TT champion, Viatcheslav Ekimov, won the points competition, while Iker Flores (Euskaltel) won the elimination race. The Italian Team Pursuit was won by Banesto's A team, (Vicente García-Acosta, José Luis Arrieta and David Latasa) who beat ONCE (Carlos Sastre, David Cañada and David Etxebarria). The sprint race was won by Miguel Angel Martín Perdiguero (Vitalicio) who beat Ekimov in the final.

Results

Points:

1. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal
2. Robero Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
3. Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Banesto A
4. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
5. Miguel A. Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Vitalicio-Seguros

Elimination:

1. Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
2. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
3. Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Banesto A
4. Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
5. Miguel A. Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Vitalicio-Seguros

Sprint:

1. Miguel A. Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Vitalicio-Seguros
2. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service

Italian team pursuit:

1. Banesto A (Vicente García-Acosta, José Luis Arrieta, David Latasa)
2. ONCE (Carlos Sastre, David Cañada and David Etxebarria)

Final classification:

1. Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca		52 pts
2. Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Banesto A		50
3. Miguel A. Martín Perdiguero (Spa) Vitalicio-Seguros 	46
4. Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 			40
5. Guiuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom 			40