51st Vuelta Colombia - 2.5

Colombia, June 17 - July 2, 2001

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Stage 2 - June 19: Palmira - Buga TTT, 46.7 km

05-Orbitel wins for Marlon Perez

The dominance of Colombia's 05-Orbitel team was proven once again today as they won the 46.7 km time trial between Palmira and Buga. Their time was 51'03. Lotería de Boyaca closed in at 35 seconds and Lotería de Boyacá B followed for 3rd place at 1'09. Selle de Italia took 4th at 1'34.

The team did not have the best time at the splits but in contrast to the other teams, its speed increased over the trajectory. For the team time trial, the time of the 7th wheel is measured, or the 1st wheel of the fourth rider over the finish line. This is the first team time trial of the Vuelta Colombia in 10 years with only 12 TTT's over the 51 year span of the event. The last was won by Russian team led by Lithuanian Remigius Lupeikis.

05-Orbitel's win safeguards Marlon's Perez' tri-colored jersey for at least one more day as others including defending champion Héctor Iván Palacio wait for the mountains to mount their bid for overall victory.

Courtesy Haroldo Camacho

Results

1 Orbitel 05                                         51.03
2 Lotería de Boyacá                                   0.34
3 Lotería de Boyacá B                                 0.52
4 Selle Italia                                        1.33
5 Aguardiente Antioqueño-EPM                          1.35
6 Orbitel 05 B                                        1.37
7 Aguardiente Néctar                                  2.13
8 Lotería del Táchira                                 2.33
9 Triple Gordo Trujillo                               3.36
10 IDEA                                               4.09
11 Aguardiente Cristal                                6.01
12 Cicloases                                          8.15
13 Mixto 1                                            8.40

General classification after stage 2

1 Marlon Pérez (Col) Orbitel 05                    3.08.29
2 Javier Zapata (Col) Orbitel 05                      0.27
3 Ismael Sarmiento (Col) Lotería de Boyacá            0.37
4 Víctor Herrera (Col) Aguardiente Néctar             0.41
5 Israel Ochoa (Col) Lotería de Boyacá                0.46
6 Juan Diego Ramírez (Col) Orbitel 05                 0.46
7 Hernán Bonilla (Col) Orbitel 05                     0.47
8 Julio Aguirre (Col) Orbitel 05                      0.48
9 Libardo Niño (Col) Lotería de Boyacá                0.50
10 Ángel Yesid Camargo (Col) Lotería de Boyacá        0.56

Teams

1 Orbitel 05 A

Metas Volantes 

1 Gustavo Guzmán (Col) Mixto 1                5 pts

Mountains

1 José Chacón (Ven) Lotería del Táchira       5 pts

Points

1 Marlon Pérez (Col) Orbitel 05               25 pts

Combination 

1 Marlon Pérez (Col) Orbitel 05               17 pts