41st Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja - 2.4Spain, April 28-May 1, 2001Main Page Results Previous Stage Stage 2 - April 29: Albelda de Iregua-Villoslada de Cameros, 168.4 kmCésar Solaun takes lead in RiojaA tough stage 2 of the Vuelta a Rioja saw iBanesto.com's César Solaun solo to the lead as the stage finished in Villoslada de Cameros. Solaun beat Jazztel's Aitor Kintana by 14 seconds, who was followed by two of Solaun's iBanesto teammates in Jose Maria Jiminez and Juan Carlos Dominguez. The 168 kilometre stage between Albelda de Iregua and Villoslada de Cameros contained five categorised climbs, including the finish. iBanesto set the early pace with David Navas winning the first climb at km 33, taking Jazztel's Carlos Torrens with him. They were joined by José Vicente García Costa, also of iBanesto.com and the three rode away for over 60 kilometres. The race had shattered by then, and yesterday's winner Juan Miguel Cuenca (Kelme), was already in the second group. On the first category climb of the Alto de Peña Hincada, iBanesto attacked again as the three in front begain to tire. José María Jiménez jumped away with Aitor Kintana on his wheel, and they quickly caught David Navas who had punctured. In the final 20 kilometres, iBanesto had the numbers with Juan Carlos Domínguez, Santi Blanco and Caesar Solaun in the peloton. Blanco, then Solaun and Dominguez all bridged up to Jiminez and Kintana, before Solaun soloed away to win on the final climb. Tomorrow's third stage from Nájera to Haro (155.3 km) only contains one climb, La Pradilla, at 60 km from the finish. Results1 Cesar Solaun (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.49.20 2 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 0.14 3 Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.16 4 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.17 5 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.53 6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E. 2.11 7 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.42 8 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.06 9 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.15 10 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.17 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E. 3.20 12 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 13 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 3.33 14 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.45 15 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlandereen T-Interim 3.47 17 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nurnberger 3.49 18 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera-Lokosphinx 3.57 19 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.08 20 Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.18 21 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlandereen T-Interim 4.26 22 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4.31 23 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6.22 24 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.48 25 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 9.05 26 David Navas (Spa) iBanesto.com 27 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) O.N.C.E. 10.19 28 Javi Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15.36 29 Fco. Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 30 Jose V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 31 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E. 32 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera-Lokosphinx 33 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 34 Imanol Ayestaran (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 35 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera-Lokosphinx 36 Andres Bermejo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 37 Antonio Ponton (Spa) Banaca.com 38 Patrick Jonker (Ned) Big Mat-Auber 93 39 Alber Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Mobilveta Rossin 41 Juan J De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 42 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 43 Francisco Toma Garcia (Spa) O.N.C.E. 44 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlandereen T-Interim 45 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera-Lokosphinx 16.45 49 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nurnberger 50 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 51 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Itera-Lokosphinx 20.40 52 Pedro Luis Gonzalez (Spa) Banaca.com 21.49 53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.35 54 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 55 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 56 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 57 Stijn De Schoemaecker (Bel) Vlandereen T-Interim 58 Joseba Beloki (Spa) O.N.C.E. 59 Daniele Castellan (Ita) Mobilveta Rossin 60 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 61 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Fernando Martinez (Spa) Banaca.com 63 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) O.N.C.E. 64 Artiz Arrauti (Spa) Banaca.com 65 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca 66 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 67 Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 68 Jesus Lopez (Spa) Nagares-Gramant 69 Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Vlandereen T-Interim 70 Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 71 Rene Andrle (Cze) O.N.C.E. 72 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.28 73 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilveta Rossin 27.54 74 Raffaele Bosi (Ita) Mobilveta Rossin 75 Dario Munoz (Col) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 76 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 77 Jorg Forster (Ger) Team Nurnberger 31.35 78 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Nurnberger 31.02 79 Ricardo Rueda (Spa) Nagares-Gramant 34.16 80 Isaac Suarez (Spa) Nagares-Gramant 81 Mariano Fernandez (Spa) Nagares-Gramant 82 Alexei Markov (Rus) Itera-Lokosphinx 51.03 Points 1 Cesar Solaun (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 pts 2 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 20 3 Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 4 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 5 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E. 10 7 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 8 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 9 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 10 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E. 5 12 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4 13 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 3 14 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 15 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains Alto De La Rasa - Cat. 1 1 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 16 pts 2 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 12 3 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 4 Jose V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 5 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 6 Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 7 Francisco Toma Garcia (Spa) O.N.C.E. 3 8 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 9 Alber Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Collado De Sancho Leza - Cat. 2 1 David Navas (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 pts 2 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 3 Mariano Fernandez (Spa) Nagares-Gramant 5 4 Jose V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 5 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 6 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Alto De Montenegro - Cat. 1 1 David Navas (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 pts 2 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 3 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 4 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 8 5 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 6 Fco. Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 7 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 8 Cesar Solaun (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 9 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Alto De Pena Hincada - Cat. 1 1 David Navas (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 pts 2 Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 3 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 10 4 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 5 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 6 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 7 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E. 3 8 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 9 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 Ermita Virgen De Orios - Cat. 2 1 Cesar Solaun (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 pts 2 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 3 Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 4 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 5 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E. 1 Metas volantes Laguna De Cameros - km 50 1 Jose V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 pts 2 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1 Viniegra De Abajo - km 106.3 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 pts 2 David Navas (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 Jose V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Special sprints Villoslada De Cameros - km 76.7 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 pts 2 David Navas (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 Jose V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Brieva De Cameros - km 126.9 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3 pts 2 David Navas (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 Jose V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Teams 1 iBanesto.com 14.29.33 2 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.49 3 O.N.C.E. 14.17 4 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 14.41 5 Big Mat-Auber 93 20.56 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.05 7 Vlandereen T-Interim 22.16 8 Kelme-Costa Blanca 32.21 9 Itera-Lokosphinx 33.36 10 Team Nurnberger 50.03 11 Banaca.com 58.27 12 Mobilvetta-Design 1.04.32 13 Nagares-Gramant 1.29.34 General classification after stage 2 1 Cesar Solaun (Spa) iBanesto.com 8.45.47 2 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 0.14 3 Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.16 4 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.17 5 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 1.53 6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E. 2.11 7 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.39 8 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.06 9 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.15 10 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.17 11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E. 3.20 12 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 3.33 13 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.45 14 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 16 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlandereen T-Interim 3.47 17 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nurnberger 3.49 18 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera-Lokosphinx 3.57 19 Sergio Perez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.08 20 Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.18 21 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4.31 22 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlandereen T-Interim 5.08 23 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6.22 24 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.48 25 David Navas (Spa) iBanesto.com 9.05 26 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 27 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) O.N.C.E. 10.19 28 Jose V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 15.36 29 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 30 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Mobilveta Rossin 31 Francisco Toma Garcia (Spa) O.N.C.E. 32 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlandereen T-Interim 34 Jan Hruska (Cze) O.N.C.E. 35 Fco. Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 36 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 37 Antonio Ponton (Spa) Banaca.com 38 Javi Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39 Juan J De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 Andres Bermejo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 41 Patrick Jonker (Ned) Big Mat-Auber 93 42 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 43 Imanol Ayestaran (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 44 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Itera-Lokosphinx 45 Alber Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Itera-Lokosphinx 16.01 47 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16.45 49 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Itera-Lokosphinx 50 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Nurnberger 51 Denis Smyslov (Rus) Itera-Lokosphinx 21.16 52 Pedro Luis Gonzalez (Spa) Banaca.com 21.49 53 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 22.35 54 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 55 Joseba Beloki (Spa) O.N.C.E. 56 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca 57 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 59 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 60 Fernando Martinez (Spa) Banaca.com 61 Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 62 Sebastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 63 Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Vlandereen T-Interim 64 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) O.N.C.E. 65 Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 66 Rene Andrle (Cze) O.N.C.E. 67 Artiz Arrauti (Spa) Banaca.com 22.52 68 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.00 69 Jesus Lopez (Spa) Nagares-Gramant 70 Stijn De Schoemaecker (Bel) Vlandereen T-Interim 23.17 71 Daniele Castellan (Ita) Mobilveta Rossin 23.23 72 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.28 73 Dario Munoz (Col) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 27.54 74 Raffaele Bosi (Ita) Mobilveta Rossin 75 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 76 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilveta Rossin 28.15 77 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Nurnberger 31.02 78 Jorg Forster (Ger) Team Nurnberger 32.11 79 Mariano Fernandez (Spa) Nagares-Gramant 34.16 80 Ricardo Rueda (Spa) Nagares-Gramant 34.45 81 Isaac Suarez (Spa) Nagares-Gramant 58.48 Points classification 1 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 34 pts 2 Cesar Solaun (Spa) iBanesto.com 25 3 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 20 4 Jose V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 5 Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 6 Francisco Toma Garcia (Spa) O.N.C.E. 16 7 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 14 8 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Mobilveta Rossin 14 9 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 10 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 12 11 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E. 10 12 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 13 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 14 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 8 15 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 7 16 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 17 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 18 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nurnberger 6 19 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E. 5 20 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlandereen T-Interim 5 21 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4 22 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4 23 Xavier Jan (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 3 24 Pedro Luis Gonzalez (Spa) Banaca.com 3 25 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 2 26 David Navas (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 27 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 28 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Mountains classification 1 David Navas (Spa) iBanesto.com 42 pts 2 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 25 3 Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 21 4 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 21 5 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com 19 6 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 17 7 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 8 Cesar Solaun (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 9 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 10 Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 12 11 Jose V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 12 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 13 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 14 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com 8 15 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 16 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 17 Mariano Fernandez (Spa) Nagares-Gramant 5 18 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E. 4 19 Fco. Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 20 Francisco Toma Garcia (Spa) O.N.C.E. 3 21 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 22 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 23 Alber Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Jose V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 pts 2 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 4 3 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 4 Raffaele Bosi (Ita) Mobilveta Rossin 3 5 David Navas (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 6 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 7 Konstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Itera-Lokosphinx 2 8 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E. 1 9 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilveta Rossin 1 Special sprints classification 1 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 6 pts 2 Jose V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 3 David Navas (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 4 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 5 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E. 2 6 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 7 Joseba Beloki (Spa) O.N.C.E. 1 8 Pedro Luis Gonzalez (Spa) Banaca.com 1 Teams classification 1 iBanesto.com 26.18.54 2 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 3.49 3 O.N.C.E. 14.17 4 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 14.41 5 Big Mat-Auber 93 20.56 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.05 7 Vlandereen T-Interim 22.16 8 Kelme-Costa Blanca 32.18 9 Itera-Lokosphinx 33.36 10 Team Nurnberger 50.03 11 Banaca.com 58.27 12 Mobilvetta-Design 1.04.53 13 Nagares-Gramant 1.29.59 |