81st Volta a Catalunya - 2.HCSpain, June 21- 28, 20012000 results Stage list Preview Starting list Past winners The Stages
PreviewThe Volta a Catalunya is the traditional preparation ground for Spanish teams to competing in the Tour de France. It is of course a solid race in its own right - classed "HC" by the UCI and in its 81st edition this year, a whole generation older than the Vuelta España. The race starts on June 21 with a 24.4 km team time trial in Sabadell, and finishes with a 13.9 km mountain time trial on June 28. The favourites this year include Spaniards Roberto Heras (US Postal), Joseba Beloki (ONCE), José-Maria Jimenez (iBanesto.com), and German Andreas Klöden (Telekom). Starting ListiBanesto.com Telekom
1 Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) 11 Andreas Kloden (Ger)
2 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) 12 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita)
3 Santiago Blanco (Spa) 13 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
4 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) 14 Jens Heppner (Ger)
5 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) 15 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger)
6 Jose V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) 16 Kai Hundertmark (Ger)
7 Unai Osa (Spa) 17 Ralf Grabsch (Ger)
8 Aitor Osa (Spa) 18 Stephan Schreck (Ger)
Kelme-Costa Blanca U.S. Postal Service
21 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) 31 Roberto Heras (Spa)
22 Santiago Botero (Col) 33 Victor Hugo Peña (Col)
23 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) 35 Antonio Cruz (USA)
24 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) 36 Julian Dean (NZl)
25 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) 37 Benoit Joachim (Lux)
26 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) 38 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
27 Antonio Tauler (Spa)
28 Jose Angel Vidal (Spa)
O.N.C.E.-Eroski Lampre-Daikin
41 Joseba Beloki (Spa) 51 Matteo Frutti (Ita)
42 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) 52 Jan Svorada (Cze)
43 Igor Gonzalez (Spa) 53 Marco Serpellini (Ita)
44 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) 54 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel)
45 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) 55 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol)
46 Rafael Diaz (Spa) 56 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita)
47 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) 57 Marco Pinotti (Ita)
48 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) 58 Johan Verstrepen (Bel)
Euskaltel-Euskadi Mercatone Uno-Stream TV
61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) 71 Massimo Podenzana (Ita)
62 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) 72 Marco Velo (Ita)
63 Alber Lopez De Munain (Spa) 73 Daniele De Paoli (Ita)
64 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) 74 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita)
65 Josu Silloniz (Spa) 75 Daniel Clavero (Spa)
66 Igor Flores (Spa) 76 Roberto Savoldi (Ita)
67 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) 77 Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita)
68 Angel Castresana (Spa) 78 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita)
Domo-Farm Frites Cantina Tollo
81 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) 91 Simone Masciarelli (Ita)
82 Karel Vereecke (Bel) 92 Miguel A M.Perdiguero (Spa)
83 Enrico Cassani (Ita) 93 Roberto Conti (Ita)
84 Fred Rodriguez (USA) 94 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita)
85 Marco Milesi (Ita) 95 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita)
86 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) 96 Massimo Giunti (Ita)
87 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) 97 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz)
88 Steve De Wolf (Bel) 98 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita)
Col.Relax-Fuenlabrada Festina
101 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) 111 Angel Luis Casero (Spa)
102 Cesar Garcia (Spa) 112 Rafael Casero (Spa)
103 David Vazquez (Spa) 113 Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa)
104 Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) 114 Luis Perez (Spa)
105 German Nieto (Spa) 115 Jaime Javier Hernandez (Spa)
106 David Fernandez (Spa) 116 Iban Sastre (Spa)
107 Benjamin Noval (Spa) 117 Sven Teutenberg (Ger)
108 Oscar Laguna (Spa) 118 Felix M. Garcia (Spa)
Mercury-Viatel Team Coast
121 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) 131 Fernando Escartin (Spa)
122 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) 132 Aitor Garmendia (Spa)
123 Leon Van Bon (Ned) 133 Lars Michaelsen (Den)
127 Chann McRae (USA) 134 Frank Hoj (Den)
128 Jamie Drew (Aus) 135 Raphael Schweda (Ger)
136 Malte Urban (Ger)
137 Thorsten Rund (Ger)
138 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus)
Credit-Agricole Jazztel-Costa Almeria
141 Bobby Julich (USA) 151 Carlos Torrent (Spa)
142 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) 152 Serguei Smetanine (Rus)
143 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 153 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa)
144 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) 154 Aitor Kintana (Spa)
145 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) 155 Carlos Ramon Golbano (Spa)
146 Anthony Langella (Fra) 156 Fabio Roscioli (Ita)
147 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) 157 Juan Carlos Guillamon (Spa)
148 Ludovic Martin (Fra) 158 Fabio Testi (Ita)
Alessio
161 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita)
162 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita)
163 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita)
164 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita)
165 Ivan Gotti (Ita)
166 Paolo Valoti (Ita)
167 Franco Pellizotti (Ita)
168 Mauro Zanetti (Ita)
Past WinnersYear Winner AVS 2000 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) 39.957 1999 Manuel Beltran (Spa) 38.339 1998 Hernan Buenahora (Col) 37.231 1997 Fernando Escartin (Spa) 37.153 1996 Alex Zulle (Swi) 39.402 1995 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 38.807 1994 Claudio Chiapucci (Ita) 38.557 1993 Alvaro Mejia (Col) 37.808 1992 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 38.531 1991 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 41.062 1990 Laudelino Cubino (Spa) 40.051 1989 Marino Lejarreta (Spa) 39.394 1988 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 39.157 1987 Alvaro Pino (Spa) 40.056 1986 Sean Kelly (Ire) 38.184 1985 Robert Millar (Sco) 37.930 1984 Sean Kelly (Ire) 40.453 1983 Jose Recio (Spa) 38.040 1982 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) 37.167 1981 Faustino Ruperez (Spa) 36.257 1980 Marino Lejarreta (Spa) 35.355 1979 Vicente Belda (Spa) 34.939 1978 Francesco Moser (Ita) 36.144 1977 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 35.539 1976 Martínez Heredia (Spa) 36.401 1975 Fausto Bertoglio (Ita) 35.305 1974 Bernard Thevenet (Fra) 34.969 1973 Domingo Perurena (Spa) 35.573 1972 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 35.376 1971 Luis Ocaña (Spa) 36.089 1970 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 36.171 1969 Mariano Diaz (Spa) 38.148 1968 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 37.385 1967 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 37.674 1966 Ariel den Hartog (Ned) 36.775 1965 Antonio G. Moral (Spa) 38.237 1964 Joseph Carrara (Fra) 35.373 1963 Joseph Novales (Spa) 36.623 1962 Antonio Karmany (Spa) 36.210 1961 Henry Duez (Fra) 37.082 1960 Miguel Poblet (Spa) 37.306 1959 Salvador Botella (Spa) 36.024 1958 R.Van Genechtien (Bel) 37.410 1957 Jesus Loroño (Spa) 38.046 1956 Aniceto Utset (Spa) 36.395 1955 José Gomez Moral (Spa) 36.506 1954 Walter Serena (Ita) 36.708 1953 Salvador Botella (Spa) 33.712 1952 Miguel Poblet (Spa) 33.979 1951 Primo Volpi (Ita) 33.810 1950 Antonio Gelabert (Spa) 33.527 1949 Emxile Rol (Fra) 33.618 1948 Emilio Rodriguez (Spa) 31.182 1947 Emilio Rodriguez (Spa) 30.129 1946 Julian Berrendero (Spa) 31.146 1945 Bernardo Ruiz (Spa) 30.624 1944 Miguel Casas (Spa) 30.221 1943 Julian Berrendero (Spa) 31.146 1942 Federico Ezquerra (Spa) 30.836 1941 A.Andrés Sancho (Spa) 33.803 1940 Cristóbal Didier (Spa) 30.480 1939 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 30.480 1936 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 29.955 1935 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 29.945 1934 Bernardo Rogora (Ita) 28.953 1933 Alfred Bobet (Ita) 25.977 1932 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 31.552 1931 Salvador Cardona (Spa) 25.488 1930 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 26.930 1929 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 30.403 1928 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 27.830 1927 Víctor Fontan (Fra) 22.198 1926 Víctor Fontan (Fra) 25.023 1925 Miguel Mucio (Spa) 25.002 1924 Miguel Mucio (Spa) 26.377 1923 Maurice Ville (Fra) 24.135 1920 Joseph Pelletier (Fra) 20.902 1913 Juan Marti (Spa) 21.964 1912 Jose Magdalena (Spa) 23.056 1911 Sebastian Masdeu (Spa) 23.408 |