47th Vuelta a Andalucia "Ruta Ciclista Del Sol" - 23

Spain, February 18-22, 2001

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Stage 1 - February 18: Cordoba - Cordoba, 148 km

Diaz Lobato wins subdued stage

Pedro Diaz Lobato (Jazztel-Costa Almeria) became the first leader of the Ruta del Sol after a successful solo move instigated just 26 kilometres into the stage. Lobato finished with a 1.43 advantage over Jan Schaffrath (Telekom), Erik Dekker (Rabobank) and three others, with the peloton finishing a handful of seconds behind them.

The 148.5 kilometre stage around Cordoba was overshadowed by the fatal accident last Thursday involving the Ochoa brothers, Ricardo and Javier. Riders observed a one minute's silence before the start of the stage in memory of Ricardo, while the Kelme team and former Kelme rider Fernando Escartin (Coast) chose not to take part in the race.

After some early attacking, the peloton settled down to a comfortable tempo when Pedro Diaz Lobato made his move. He escaped after kilometre 26, and was allowed up to 16 minutes lead as the peloton was reluctant to pursue. Eventually, he succumbed to cramp and was brought back to within 2 minutes by the end, but still held on for a gutsy win.

Five men behind him, including three from Rabobank (Wauters, Dekker, Den Bakker, Tchmil, and Schaffrath) managed to escape from the peloton with a few kilometres remaining, but it was not enough to catch Lobato.

"I dedicate this victory to my former teammates Manuel Sanroma (who died in 1999 after a fall in the Vuelta a Catalunya), Saul Morales (killed by a truck in the 2000 Vuelta a Argentina), but also to the Ochoa brothers," said Diaz Lobato.

Tomorrow's stage 2 is from Sevilla to Lucena, finishing on top of the Alto Del Santuario De Araceli. It is expected to be the deciding stage in the Ruta del Sol this year.

Results

1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria        3.46.15 (39.381 km/h)
2 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom                       1.43
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank        
4 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco        
5 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank        
6 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                       1.49
7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel                     2.10
8 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco        
9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step        
10 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio        
11 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada        
12 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        
13 C‚Sar Garcia (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada        
14 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Collstrop-Palmans        
15 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
16 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco        
17 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina        
18 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco        
19 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Festina        
20 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans        
21 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Rabobank        
22 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE        
23 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans        
24 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites        
25 Jens Zemke (Ger) Nurnberger        
26 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast        
27 Felix M Garcia (Spa) Festina        
28 Pablo Soler (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
29 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada        
30 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        
31 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Festina        
32 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi        
33 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio        
34 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites        
35 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
36 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco        
37 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank        
38 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        
39 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast        
40 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom        
41 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom        
42 Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury-Viatel        
43 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Nurnberger        
44 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com        
45 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step        
46 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
47 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank        
48 Jorge Capitan (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada        
49 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step        
50 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        
51 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE        
52 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service        
53 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast        
54 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio        
55 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada        
56 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans        
57 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank        
58 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        
59 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast        
60 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) ONCE        
61 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel        
62 Marcos A Serrano (Spa) ONCE        
63 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        
64 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service        
65 Harald Morscher (Aut) Nurnberger        
66 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Alessio        
67 Jamie Burrow (Gbr) US Postal Service        
68 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco        
69 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio        
70 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans        
71 Aleksandr Sheffr (Kaz) Alessio        
72 Luis Perez (Spa) Festina        
73 David Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada        
74 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi        
75 Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
76 Francisco Toma Garcia (Spa) ONCE        
77 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Telekom        
78 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE        
79 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom        
80 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step        
81 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mercury-Viatel        
82 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom        
83 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast        
84 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com        
85 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step        
86 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com        
87 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE        
88 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom        
89 Charles Wegelius (Gbr) Mapei-Quick Step        
90 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE        
91 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) iBanesto.com        
92 Thomas Liese (Ger) Nurnberger        
93 Diego Luis Prior (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
94 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com        
95 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites        
96 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco        
97 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites        
98 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast        
99 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio        
100 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Mercury-Viatel                5.44
101 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans                 10.42
102 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Nurnberger        
103 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast        
104 Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Nurnberger        
105 Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury-Viatel        
106 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites        
107 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites        
108 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service        
109 Imanol Ayestaran (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada        
110 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio        
111 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast                     20.38
112 Jos‚ Maria Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com        
113 Martin Garrido (Arg) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada        
114 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service        
115 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com        
116 Cesar Solaun (Spa) iBanesto.com        
117 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans        
118 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco        
119 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank        
120 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel        
121 Michel Klinger (Swi) Festina        
122 Iban Sastre (Spa) Festina        
123 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
124 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel        
125 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nurnberger        
126 Marc Streel (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans        
127 Andre Korff (Ger) Festina        
128 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites        
129 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service        
130 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites        
131 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service        
132 Julian Dean (Nzl) US Postal Service        
133 Creszenzo D'amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step        

Points

1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria              25 pts
2 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom                          20
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                 16
4 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                           14
5 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                12
6 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                          10
7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel                         9
8 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                            8
9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                         7
10 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio                                 6
11 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada            5
12 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      4
13 César Garcia (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada               3
14 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Collstrop-Palmans                      2
15 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria                1

Mountains

Puerto De Trasierra - Cat. 1
1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria              10 pts
2 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast                                8
3 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    6
4 Jens Zemke (Ger) Nurnberger                                 4
5 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans                   2
6 Marcos A Serrano (Spa) ONCE                                 1

Puerto Del Lagar De La Cruz - Cat. 3
1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria               3 pts
2 Jorge Capitan (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada               2
3 Felix M Garcia (Spa) Festina                                1

Puerto De Los Villares - Cat. 3
1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria               3 pts
2 Jorge Capitan (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada               2
3 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                      1

Metas volantes

Montoro - 47.2 km
1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria               3 pts
2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                      2
3 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria                 1

Villafranca De Cordoba  - 67.8 km
1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria               3 pts
2 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria                 2
3 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria            1

Cordoba - 94.7 km
1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria               3 pts
2 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria                 2
3 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria            1

Teams

1 Jazztel-Costa Almeria                                11.23.05
2 Rabobank                                                 0.55
3 Lotto-Adecco                                             1.43
4 Team Telekom                                                 
5 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada                                2.10
6 Collstrop-Palmans                                            
7 Festina                                                      
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                            
9 Alessio                                                      
10 Mapei-Quick Step                                            
11 Mercury-Viatel                                              
12 Team Coast                                                  
13 ONCE                                                        
14 Nurnberger                                                  
15 Domo-Farm Frites                                            
16 U.S. Postal Service                                         
17 iBanesto.com                                                

General classification after stage 1

1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria         3.46.15
2 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom                        1.43
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
4 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
5 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
6 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                        1.49
7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel                      2.10
8 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
10 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio
11 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
12 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
13 César Garcia (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
14 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Collstrop-Palmans
15 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
16 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
17 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina
18 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
19 Francisco Jose Lara (Spa) Festina
20 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
21 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Rabobank
22 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE
23 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
24 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites
25 Jens Zemke (Ger) Nurnberger
26 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast
27 Felix M Garcia (Spa) Festina
28 Pablo Soler (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
29 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
30 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Festina
32 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
33 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio
34 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
35 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
36 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
37 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
38 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
39 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast
40 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom
41 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom
42 Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury-Viatel
43 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Nurnberger
44 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com
45 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step
46 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
47 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
48 Jorge Capitan (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
49 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step
50 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
51 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE
52 Levy Leipheimer (USA) US Postal Service
53 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast
54 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio
55 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
56 Vincent Cali (Fra) Collstrop-Palmans
57 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
58 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
59 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast
60 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa) ONCE
61 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel
62 Marcos A Serrano (Spa) ONCE
63 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
64 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service
65 Harald Morscher (Aut) Nurnberger
66 Ivan Gotti (Ita) Alessio
67 Jamie Burrow (Gbr) US Postal Service
68 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco
69 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio
70 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
71 Aleksandr Sheffr (Kaz) Alessio
72 Luis Perez (Spa) Festina
73 David Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
74 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
75 Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
76 Francisco Toma Garcia (Spa) ONCE
77 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Telekom
78 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) ONCE
79 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom
80 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
81 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mercury-Viatel
82 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom
83 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast
84 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com
85 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
86 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com
87 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE
88 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom
89 Charles Wegelius (Gbr) Mapei-Quick Step
90 David Arroyo (Spa) ONCE
91 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) iBanesto.com
92 Thomas Liese (Ger) Nurnberger
93 Diego Luis Prior (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
94 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) iBanesto.com
95 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
96 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
97 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
98 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast
99 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio
100 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Mercury-Viatel                 5.44
101 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans                  10.42
102 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Nurnberger
103 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast
104 Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Nurnberger
105 Mike Sayers (USA) Mercury-Viatel
106 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
107 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites
108 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service
109 Imanol Ayestaran (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
110 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio
111 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast                      20.38
112 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com
113 Martin Garrido (Arg) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
114 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service
115 Jav Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com
116 Cesar Solaun (Spa) iBanesto.com
117 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
118 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
119 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
120 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel
121 Michel Klinger (Swi) Festina
122 Iban Sastre (Spa) Festina
123 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa Almeria
124 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Mercury-Viatel
125 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Nurnberger
126 Marc Streel (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
127 Andre Korff (Ger) Festina
128 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites
129 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service
130 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites
131 Dylan Casey (USA) US Postal Service
132 Julian Dean (NZl) US Postal Service
133 Creszenzo D'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step

Points classification

1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria              25 pts
2 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom                          20
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                 16
4 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                           14
5 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                12
6 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                          10
7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Mercury-Viatel                         9
8 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                            8
9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                         7
10 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio                                 6
11 Sergio Villamil (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada            5
12 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      4
13 César Garcia (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada               3
14 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Collstrop-Palmans                      2
15 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria                1

Mountains classification

1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria              16 pts
2 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast                                8
3 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    6
4 Jens Zemke (Ger) Nurnberger                                 4
5 Jorge Capitan (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada               4
6 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans                   2
7 Marcos A Serrano (Spa) ONCE                                 1
8 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                      1
9 Felix M Garcia (Spa) Festina                                1

Metas volantes classification

1 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria               9 pts
2 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria                 5
3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                      2
4 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) Jazztel-Costa Almeria            2

Teams classification

1 Jazztel-Costa Almeria                                11.23.05
2 Rabobank                                                 0.55
3 Lotto-Adecco                                             1.43
4 Team Telekom                                                 
5 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada                                2.10
6 Collstrop-Palmans                                            
7 Festina                                                      
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                            
9 Alessio                                                      
10 Mapei-Quick Step                                            
11 Mercury-Viatel                                              
12 Team Coast                                                  
13 ONCE                                                        
14 Nurnberger                                                  
15 Domo-Farm Frites                                            
16 U.S. Postal Service                                         
17 iBanesto.com