4th Grande Prémio M. R. Cortez/Mitsubishi - 2.4
Portugal, April 24-26, 2001
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Juan Antonio Flecha wins
the first stage
Relax-Fuenlabrada's Juan Antonio Flecha won his second race in four
days by taking the first stage of the GP Mitsubishi in Portugal. Flecha
finished alone in the 158 kilometre stage in Massama, beating Orlando
Rodrigues (L.A. Pecol) and Argentinian Martin Garrido, also from Fuenlabrada.
103 riders started the 4th edition of the GP Mitsubishi/MR Cortez,
that runs for three days over four stages. 9 Portuguese and 4 Spanish
teams comprised the field. The wet conditions made it tough for the
riders, and there was a lively start with a 36 man group getting away
after 11 kilometres. The rest of the peloton rallied however, and recaptured
them 6 kilometres later.
Benjamin Noval (Fuenlabrada) attacked shortly afterwards, and managed
to win the first meta volante sprint at Cascais riding alone. The counter-attacks
came behind him, but they all amounted to nothing until the Jazztel
team chased him down.
Then it was the turn of Vasilev Krasimir (Tavira), who after attacking
at kilometre 32 managed a 2'18 maximum lead. Unfortunately, bike problems
forced him to stop and the peloton came back together. After 70 km,
Antonio Colom (Jazztel) launched another attack, crossing the second
mountain climb of the day in the lead, followed by his teammate Pablo
Soler and Jose Maestre (Jodofer). Colom kept his lead over the next
mountain, but was joined by Maestre, and the pair reached a 3'16 advantage
over the peloton.
Eventually Colom tired and was caught at km 133, with Maestre surviving
a few more kilometres. A substantially reduced peloton was left to contest
the finish in Massama.
Then, with 15 kilometres to go, Juan Antonio Flecha (Fuenlabrada)
launched his race winning move on a very technical part of the course.
The Spaniard was chased hard, but he managed to stave off a last minute
challenge from Orlando Rodrigues (La Pecol), taking the blue leader's
jersey in the process.
Tomorrow, there will be two stages: an 11.3 kilometre time trial in
the morning between Portela and Sintra-Pero Pinheiro; followed by a
110.4 kilometre stage starting and finishing in Pero Pinheiro, with
three mountain passes.
Stage
1 - April 24: Massamá - Massamá, 151.7 km
1 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.53.12
2 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 0.19
3 Martin Garrido (Arg) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.21
4 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol
5 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
6 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol
7 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva
8 Josep Jufre (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
9 Arnoldas Saprykinas (Ltu) Cantanhede-M-Marialva
10 Rui Sousa (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Porta Da Ravessa
12 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva
13 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
14 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) L.A. Pecol
15 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS
16 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
17 Fabio Testi (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
18 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
19 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A. Pecol
20 Vidal Fitas (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
21 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva
22 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS
23 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
24 Jorge Capitan (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
25 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Barbot-Torrie
26 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva
27 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE
28 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Barbot-Torrie
29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
30 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com
31 Domingo Segado (Spa) Gresco-Tavira
32 David Bernabeu (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 0.28
33 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE 0.38
34 Ramon Medina (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
35 Carlos Carneiro (Por) Milaneza-MSS
36 Youri Sourkov (Mda) L.A. Pecol
37 David Garcia (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva
38 Philipe Fernandes (Fra) L.A. Pecol 0.40
39 Jorge Silva (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
40 Carlos Pinho (Por) Barbot-Torrie
41 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE 0.45
42 Jose Rosa (Por) L.A. Pecol
43 Garikoitz Ortiz (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas 0.52
44 Virgilio Santos (Por) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
45 Claudio Faria (Por) Barbot-Torrie
46 Nuno Alves (Por) Porta Da Ravessa 0.54
47 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE 1.18
48 Krasimir Vasilev (Bul) Gresco-Tavira 1.25
49 Miguel Manteiga (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas 1.54
50 Jose Maestre (Spa) Jodofer-Aboboda
51 Carlos Teixeira (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
52 Francisco Perez (Spa) Gresco-Tavira
53 Antonio Encinar (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 2.04
54 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 2.14
55 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.23
56 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS
57 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Jodofer-Aboboda 3.18
58 Oscar Serrano (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 4.18
59 Delmino Pereira (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
60 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE 4.47
61 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
62 Andres Bermejo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
63 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) ONCE
64 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com
65 Antonio Martin (Spa) Jodofer-Aboboda
66 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS
67 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE
68 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 5.57
69 Helder Silva (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 7.14
70 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
71 François Fernandes (Fra) Jodofer-Aboboda
72 Atanas Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
73 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Gresco-Tavira
74 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com
75 Victor Gamito (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
76 Ion Askune (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
77 Jeronimo Sanroma (Spa) Gresco-Tavira
78 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
79 Oscar Garcia (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
80 Elio Sousa (Por) Jodofer-Aboboda
81 Rafael Ruiz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie
82 Jorge Sedano (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
83 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 7.51
84 Antonio Colom (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 9.51
85 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
86 Ruben Martin (Spa) Gresco-Tavira 15.06
87 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
88 Pablo Soler (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 16.02
89 Eric Pascal (Fra) Jodofer-Aboboda 19.13
90 Oscar Melero (Spa) Jodofer-Aboboda
91 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 25.59
92 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 26.43
93 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 26.43
94 Hugo Leonardo (Por) Gresco-Tavira 27.18
95 Daniel Loprais (Cze) Barbot-Torrie
Points
1 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 25 pts
2 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 20
3 Martin Garrido (Arg) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 16
4 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 13
5 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 10
6 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 8
7 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 6
8 Josep Jufre (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 4
9 Arnoldas Saprykinas (Ltu) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 2
10 Rui Sousa (Por) Porta Da Ravessa 1
Mountains
Category 3 climb
1 Pablo Soler (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 5 pts
2 Antonio Colom (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 3
3 Carlos Teixeira (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1
Category 3 climb
1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 5 pts
2 Pablo Soler (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 3
3 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 1
Category 3 climb
1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 5 pts
2 Jose Maestre (Spa) Jodofer-Aboboda 3
3 Pablo Soler (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 1
Category 3 climb
1 Jose Maestre (Spa) Jodofer-Aboboda 5 pts
2 Antonio Colom (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 3
3 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1
Metas volantes
Alcabideche - km 19.6
1 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 pts
2 David Garcia (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 2
3 Philipe Fernandes (Fra) L.A. Pecol 1
Lousa - km 97.8
1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 3 pts
2 Jose Maestre (Spa) Jodofer-Aboboda 2
3 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE 1
Ramada - 134.2 km
1 Jose Maestre (Spa) Jodofer-Aboboda 3 pts
2 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2
3 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1
Teams
1 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 11.40.18
2 L.A. Pecol 0.19
3 Cantanhede-M-Marialva 0.21
4 Porta Da Ravessa
5 Milaneza-MSS
6 Barbot-Torrie 0.40
7 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 0.45
8 ONCE 1.02
9 P.Rota Moveis-Tintas Vip 1.23
10 Gresco-Tavira 2.58
11 Jodofer-Aboboda 9.17
12 iBanesto.com 10.23
13 Jazztel-Costa Almeria 16.44
General classification after stage 1
1 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.53.02
2 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 0.23
3 Martin Garrido (Arg) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.27
4 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.28
5 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 0.29
6 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 0.30
7 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 0.31
8 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol
9 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva
10 Josep Jufre (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
11 Arnoldas Saprykinas (Ltu) Cantanhede-M-Marialva
12 Rui Sousa (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Porta Da Ravessa
14 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva
15 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
16 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) L.A. Pecol
17 Fabio Testi (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
18 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
19 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A. Pecol
20 Vidal Fitas (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
21 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva
22 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS
23 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
24 Jorge Capitan (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
25 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Barbot-Torrie
26 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva
27 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE
28 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Barbot-Torrie
29 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
30 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com
31 Domingo Segado (Spa) Gresco-Tavira
32 David Bernabeu (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 0.38
33 David Garcia (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 0.46
34 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE 0.47
35 Ramon Medina (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 0.48
36 Carlos Carneiro (Por) Milaneza-MSS
37 Youri Sourkov (Mda) L.A. Pecol
38 Philipe Fernandes (Fra) L.A. Pecol 0.49
39 Jorge Silva (Por) Porta Da Ravessa 0.50
40 Carlos Pinho (Por) Barbot-Torrie
41 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE 0.55
42 Jose Rosa (Por) L.A. Pecol
43 Garikoitz Ortiz (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas 1.02
44 Virgilio Santos (Por) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
45 Claudio Faria (Por) Barbot-Torrie
46 Nuno Alves (Por) Porta Da Ravessa 1.04
47 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE 1.28
48 Krasimir Vasilev (Bul) Gresco-Tavira 1.35
49 Jose Maestre (Spa) Jodofer-Aboboda 1.59
50 Miguel Manteiga (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas 2.04
51 Carlos Teixeira (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
52 Francisco Perez (Spa) Gresco-Tavira
53 Antonio Encinar (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 2.14
54 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 2.24
55 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 2.33
56 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS
57 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Jodofer-Aboboda 3.28
58 Oscar Serrano (Spa) Barbot-Torrie 4.28
59 Delmino Pereira (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
60 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE 4.57
61 Ricardo Felgueiras (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
62 Andres Bermejo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
63 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) ONCE
64 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com
65 Antonio Martin (Spa) Jodofer-Aboboda
66 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS
67 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE
68 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.07
69 Helder Silva (Por) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 7.24
70 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
71 François Fernandes (Fra) Jodofer-Aboboda
72 Atanas Petrov (Bul) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
73 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Gresco-Tavira
74 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com
75 Victor Gamito (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
76 Ion Askune (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
77 Jeronimo Sanroma (Spa) Gresco-Tavira
78 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
79 Oscar Garcia (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
80 Elio Sousa (Por) Jodofer-Aboboda
81 Rafael Ruiz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie
82 Jorge Sedano (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
83 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 8.01
84 Antonio Colom (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 9.58
85 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 10.01
86 Ruben Martin (Spa) Gresco-Tavira 15.16
87 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
88 Pablo Soler (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 16.12
89 Eric Pascal (Fra) Jodofer-Aboboda 19.23
90 Oscar Melero (Spa) Jodofer-Aboboda
Points classification
1 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 25 pts
2 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 20
3 Martin Garrido (Arg) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 16
4 Pedro Lopes (Por) L.A. Pecol 13
5 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 10
6 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol 8
7 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 6
8 Josep Jufre (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 4
9 Arnoldas Saprykinas (Ltu) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 2
10 Rui Sousa (Por) Porta Da Ravessa 1
Mountains classification
1 Antonio Colom (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 16 pts
2 Pablo Soler (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 9
3 Jose Maestre (Spa) Jodofer-Aboboda 8
4 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Milaneza-MSS 1
5 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol 1
6 Carlos Teixeira (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista 1
Metas volantes classification
1 Jose Maestre (Spa) Jodofer-Aboboda 5 pts
2 Antonio Colom (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria 3
3 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3
4 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS 2
5 David Garcia (Spa) Cantanhede-M-Marialva 2
6 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS 1
7 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE 1
8 Philipe Fernandes (Fra) L.A. Pecol 1
Teams classification
1 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 11.40.18
2 L.A. Pecol 0.19
3 Cantanhede-M-Marialva 0.21
4 Porta Da Ravessa
5 Milaneza-MSS
6 Barbot-Torrie 0.40
7 Carvalhelhos-Boavista 0.45
8 ONCE 1.02
9 P.Rota Moveis-Tintas Vip 1.23
10 Gresco-Tavira 2.58
11 Jodofer-Aboboda 9.17
12 iBanesto.com 10.23
13 Jazztel-Costa Almeria 16.44
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