27th Volta ao Algarve - 2.4

Portugal, February 11-15, 2001

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Stage 2 - February 12: Castro Marim - Albufeira, 168.3 km

Leoni gains another

Alessio's Endio Leoni has won his second stage of the Volta ao Algarve, between Castro Marim and Albufeira (168 km). Leoni beat Spaniard Isaac Galvez (Kelme) with Steven de Jongh (Rabobank) once again finishing third. However, Galvez was later disqualified for an illegal maneuver in the sprint. Leoni therefore increased his lead in the five day race, with the extra time bonus.

There were plenty of attacks during the stage, with the first successful one being from Pedro Martins (Gresco/Tavira) and Eduardo Gonzalez (Barbot/Torrié) who spent several hours in front. However, Alessio were keen to keep Leoni in the hunt, and were helped by Maia, ONCE, and Porta de Ravessa to bring back the fugitives, who had gained over four minutes.

With 20 kilometres to go at Albufeira the two were caught and there were immediate counter attacks. Jeromino Sanroma (Gresco) and Alberto Martinez (Euskaltel) escaped but was caught with a few kilometres remaining. The sprint was led out by Saulius Sarkauskas and Angel Edo, the latter finishing in fifth place. Leoni was the fastest again however, beating Galvez and de Jongh on the line, although Galvez was considered by the judges to have deviated and was relegated.

Tomorrow's third stage will start in Faro and finish in Fóia, 170.5 kilometres.

Results

1 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio                      4.19.17
2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
3 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) L.A. Pecol
4 George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service
5 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
6 Josep Jufre (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
7 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Barbot-Torrie
8 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step
11 Pedro Soeiro (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
12 Stephane Barthe (Fra) U.S. Postal Service
13 Luis Sarreira (Por) Cantanhede-Marques-Marialv
14 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) L.A. Pecol
15 Koldo Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com
16 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
17 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
18 Stephane Krafft (Fra) Cofidis
19 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
20 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank
21 Rui Sousa (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
22 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.
23 Ramon Medina (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
24 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
25 Domingo Segado (Spa) Gresco-Tavira
26 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
27 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com
28 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) L.A. Pecol
29 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Gerolsteiner
30 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
32 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
33 Federico Morini (Ita) Gerolsteiner
34 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) O.N.C.E.
35 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Phonak Hearing System
36 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS
37 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Gresco-Tavira
38 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
39 Rui Roque (Por) L.A. Pecol
40 Carlos Pinho (Por) Barbot-Torrie
41 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.
42 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
43 Claudio Faria (Por) Barbot-Torrie
44 Bruno Castanheira (Por) L.A. Pecol
45 Melchior Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
46 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) U.S. Postal Service
47 Xavier Florencio (Spa) O.N.C.E.
48 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.
49 Jose Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.
50 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Gerolsteiner
51 Paulo Martins (Por) Gresco-Tavira
52 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS
53 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
54 Rafael Diaz (Spa) O.N.C.E.
55 Marco Morais (Por) Barbot-Torrie
56 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Jodofer
57 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) L.A. Pecol
58 Pedro Andrade (Por) L.A. Pecol
59 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
60 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio
61 Alexandre Pinho (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
62 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Cofidis
63 Francesco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com
64 Rene Andrle (Cze) O.N.C.E.
65 Benoit Joachim (Lux) U.S. Postal Service
66 Michael Reihs (Den) Phonak Hearing Systems
67 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio
68 Delmino Pereira (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
69 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com
70 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
71 Virgilio Santos (Por) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
72 Sergio Rodrigues (Por) Jodofer
73 Flavio Zandarin (Ita) Alessio
74 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio
75 Mederic Clain (Fra) Cofidis
76 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) L.A. Pecol
77 Jose Maestre (Spa) Jodofer
78 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) U.S. Postal Service
79 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
80 Helder Silva (Por) Cantanhede-Marques-Marialva
81 David Bernabeu (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
82 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
83 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
84 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
85 Elio Sousa (Por) Jodofer
86 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
87 Helder Lopes (Por) Gresco-Tavira
88 Paulo Barroso (Por) Milaneza-MSS
89 Nuno Alves (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
90 Eric Pascal (Fra) Jodofer
91 Garikoitz Ortiz (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
92 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step
93 Oscar Garcia (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
94 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com
95 Cedric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
96 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Syste
97 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
98 Damien Pommereau (Fra) Cofidis
99 Cesar Solaun (Spa) iBanesto.com
100 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com
101 David Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis
102 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
103 Ion Askune (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
104 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
105 Gustavo Miguel Otero (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
106 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
107 Nuno Marta (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
108 Jorge Sedano (Spa) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
109 Antonio Martin (Spa) Jodofer
110 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio
111 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
112 Celio Sousa (Por) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
113 Unai Yus (Spa) Cantanhede-Marques-Marialva
114 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Barbot-Torrie
115 Francisco Perez (Spa) Gresco-Tavira
116 Carlos Teixeira (Por) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
117 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) U.S. Postal Service
118 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio
119 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Carvalhelhos-Boavista
120 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank
121 Krasimir Vasilev (Bul) Gresco-Tavira
122 Jorge Silva (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
123 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS
124 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner
125 Vidal Fitas (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
126 Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
127 Arnoldas Saprykinas (Ltu) Cantanhede-Marques-
128 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
129 Jean Nuttli (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
130 Jose Sousa (Por) P.Rota Moveis-Tintas
131 Leandro Navarrette (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
132 Andrea Noe (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
133 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
134 Jeronimo Sanroma (Spa) Gresco-Tavira
135 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com
136 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza-MSS
137 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
138 Antonio Lopez (Spa) Jodofer
139 Rafael Ruiz (Spa) Barbot-Torrie
140 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
141 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 0.35
142 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Cantanhede-Marques-Mari 1.35
143 Hugo Vitor (Por) Cantanhede-Marques-Marialva
144 Pedro Costa (Por) Barbot-Torrie
145 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Cantanhede-Marques-Marialv 1.40
146 Victor Gamito (Por) Porta Da Ravessa
147 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
148 Coen H. Boerman (Ned) Rabobank 2.57
149 Hugo Lucio (Por) Porta Da Ravessa 3.06
150 Christian Vandevelde (USA) U.S. Postal Service 3.27
151 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) U.S. Postal Service
152 Eduardo Gonzalez (Spa) Barbot-Torrie
153 Pedro Martins (Por) Gresco-Tavira 8.42 General classification after stage 2 1 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 8.36.27 2 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 0.10 3 Stephane Barthe (USA) US Postal 4 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) LA-Pecol 5 Angel Edo (Spa) Mais-Milaneza-MSS 0.19 6 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Mais-Milaneza-MSS 7 Paulo Ferreira (Por) Barbot-Torrié 0.20 8 Josep Jufre (Spa) Boavista