Volta a Catalunya del Porvenir - 2.6

Spain, September 21-24, 2000

The Stages

• Stage 1 - September 21: Tarragona - La Pineda, 150.5 km
• Stage 2 - September 22: Reus - La Tossa de Montbuí, 139.1 km
• Stage 3a - September 23: Igualada - Castell d'Olèrdola, 94.9 km
• Stage 3b - September 23: Moja - Castell d'Olèrdola, 6.2 km ITT
• Stage 4 - September 24: Sant Joan Despí - Barcelona, 132.4 km
  

Preview

This race substitutes the old Barcelona-Montpellier and is an important part of the build up for the U23 World Championships. Four foreign national teams participate as well as all the top Spanish amateur and espoirs teams and also a number of foreign amateur groups. The race is 520 kms long with no less than fourteen mountain passages, six of them category one.

Teams:

Catalonian selection          Olimpia-Mozia
Cropusa-Burgos Monumental     Otai
French National Team          Pinturas Banaka
Italian National Team         Puertas Artevi
Kelme-Costa Blanca            Rietveld
Köstritzer                    Saunier Duval-Mapei
Lokosphinx                    Sodexho-Morella
Lycos                         Spanish National Team
Mälarenergi                   Vallas Sport-L'Hospitalet
Norwegian National Team      

Stage 1 - September 21: Tarragona - La Pineda, 150.5 km

The Italian National Team, preparing for the World's, dominated the first stage of the Vuelta a Catalonia Porvenir with four riders in the decisive break of twelve on the last mountain of the day. Two of them got away to put five seconds between themselves and a growing peloton.

1. Garziano Gasparre (Ita) Italian National Team           3.47.14
2. Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Italian National Team            
3. Alberto Loddo (Ita) Italian National Team                  0.05

Stage 2 - September 22: Reus - La Tossa de Montbuí, 139.1 km

23 riders managed to get away on a fairly easy part of the stage. Leading Gasparre (Italy) missed the opportunity but since several of his team mates were on the white leadr's jesrsey stayed in the Italian team, now on stage winning Stefano Guerrini who soloed to victory 1.56 ahead of team mate Bernucci first.

1 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Italian National Team             3.26.46
2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Italian National Team                1.56
3 David Arroyo (Spa) Spanish National Team


General classification after stage two:


1 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Italian National Team             7.14.05
2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Italian National Team                1.51
3 David Arroyo (Spa) Spanish National Team                    1.56

Stage 3a - September 23: Igualada - Castell d'Olèrdola, 94.9 km

1 Eric Leblancher (Fra) French National Team               2.22.38
2 Garziano Gasparre (Ita) Italian National Team            
3 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Italian National Team                0.04

Stage 3b - September 23: Moja - Castell d'Olèrdola, 6.2 km ITT

1 Federico Berta (Ita) Italian National Team                 10.04
2 Remigio Queral (Spa) Sodexho-Morella                        0.23
3 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Italian National Team                0.35

General classification after stage 3b:          

1 Stefano Guerrini  (Ita) Italian National Team            9.47.26
2 David Arroyo (Spa) Spanish National Team                    2.01
3 Javier Lindez (Spa) Catalonian selection                    2.04

Stage 4 - September 24: Sant Joan Despí - Barcelona, 132.4 km

1 Gustavo Ceacar (Spa) Spanish National Team               3.17.24
2 Dermot Nally (Irl) Goriet 
3 Samuel Bonnet (Fra) French National Team                    0.27



Final general classification:


1 Stefano Guerrini  (Ita) Italian National Team           13.05.17
2 David Arroyo (Spa) Spanish National Team                    2.01
3 Javier Lindez (Spa) Catalonian selection                    2.04
        
Results and reports thanks to Patrick Serra, Team Mälarenergi