21st Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia - 2.3Spain, March 7-11, 20012000 Results Stage list Preview Starting list Past winners The Stages
PreviewPantani, Armstrong, Ullrich amongst starters The five day, 640 kilometre Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia will be held from March 7-11, and will see top Tour cyclists Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno), Lance Armstrong (US Postal), Jan Ullrich (Telekom) and Stefano Garzelli (Mapei) in the same race. Don't expect too many fireworks from them however, as it is Ullrich, Garzelli and Armstrong's first race in 2001, and Pantani is certainly still in early season preparation mode. The race starts with a 148 kilometre stage from Murcia to Aguilas with a couple of small climbs, which should suit the sprinters. Stage 2 from Ceuti to Jamilla (March 8) is a little hillier, with a long steady climb starting about a third of the way into it. Stage 3 (March 9) takes the riders from Cieza to Archena on a 152.4 km journey. There are a couple of sharp climbs early on in the stage, but the rest of it is essentially flat. The penultimate stage is from Alcantarilla to Aledo (166.2 km), and gives the climbers a chance at last to show themselves. Towards the end of the stage is the first category Alto Collado Bermejo with its 1150 metre summit at 9 kilometres from the finish. Conluding the Vuelta a Murcia is a 12.3 kilometre time trial in Murcia itself, that should sort out the final GC.
Starting listMapei-Quick Step ONCE
1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) 11 Igor Gonzalez (Spa)
2 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) 12 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa)
3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) 13 Mikel Pradera (Spa)
4 David Tani (Ita) 14 Iván Ramiro Parra (Col)
5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) 15 David Arroyo (Spa)
6 Philippe Koheler (Fra) 16 Xavier Florencio (Spa)
7 Andrea Noe (Ita) 17 Gaizka Lejarreta (Spa)
8 Eddy Ratti (Ita) 18 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa)
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21 José María Jimenez (Spa) 31 Marco Pantani (Ita)
22 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) 32 Daniel Clavero (Spa)
23 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) 33 Giuseppe Di Fresco (Ita)
24 Unai Osa (Spa) 34 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita)
25 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) 35 Massimo Podenzana (Ita)
26 Candido Barbosa (Por) 36 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita)
27 Adolfo Garcia (Spa) 37 Marco Velo (Ita)
28 Pablo Lastras (Spa) 38 Marcello Siboni (Ita)
Kelme-Costa Blanca US Postal Service
41 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) 51 Lance Armstrong (USA)
42 Francisco Cabello (Spa) 52 Roberto Heras (Spa)
43 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) 53 Tyler Hamilton (USA)
44 Juan De Los Angeles (Spa) 54 Víctor Hugo Peña (Col)
45 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) 55 Antonio Cruz (USA)
46 Gustavo Miguel Otero (Spa) 56 Jamie Burrow (GBr)
47 David Muñoz (Spa) 57 Dylan Casey (USA)
48 Leandro Navarrette (Spa) 58 José Luis Rubiera (Spa)
Euskaltel-Euskadi Telekom
61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) 71 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
62 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) 72 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita)
63 Igor Flores (Spa) 73 Jens Heppner (Ger)
64 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) 74 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger)
65 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) 75 Kevin Livingston (USA)
66 Angel Castresana (Spa) 76 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita)
67 Rubén Diaz De Cerio (Spa) 77 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita)
68 Iban Mayo (Spa) 78 Robert Bartko (Ger)
Relax-Fuenlabrada Rabobank
81 Martín Garrido (Arg) 91 Sven Nijs (Bel)
82 Eduardo Hernandez (Spa) 92 Marc Lotz (Ned)
83 Sergio Villamil (Spa) 93 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned)
84 Imanol Ayestaran (Spa) 94 Bram De Groot (Ned)
85 Benjamín Noval (Spa) 95 Geert Verheyen (Bel)
86 Jorge Capitan (Spa) 96 Grischa Niermann (Ger)
87 Oscar Laguna (Spa) 97 Addy Engels (Ned)
88 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) 98 Gerben Lowik (Ned)
Lotto-Adecco Jazztel-Costa Almeria
101 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) 111 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa)
102 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) 112 Aitor Kintana (Spa)
103 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) 113 Fabio Roscioli (Ita)
104 Tayeb Braikia (Den) 114 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa)
105 Hans De Clercq (Bel) 115 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa)
106 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) 116 Pablo Soler (Spa)
107 Christophe Brandt (Bel) 117 José Luis Martinez (Spa)
108 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) 118 Carlos Torrent (Spa)
Team Coast Alessio
121 Bekim Christensen (Den) 131 Ivan Gotti (Ita)
122 Daniel Becke (Ger) 132 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda)
123 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) 133 Endrio Leoni (Ita)
124 Thorsten Rund (Ger) 134 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita)
125 Jason Phillips (Aus) 135 Martin Hvastija (Slo)
126 Fernando Escartin (Spa) 136 Aleksandr Sheffr (Kaz)
127 Raphael Schweda (Ger) 137 Alberto Vinale (Ita)
128 Roland Meier (Sui) 138 Mauro Zanetti (Ita)
La Pecol Collstrop-Palmans
141 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) 151 Dirk Aernouts (Bel)
142 Jose Rosa (Por) 152 Tony Bracke (Bel)
143 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) 153 Vincent Cali (Fra)
144 Bruno Castanheira (Por) 154 Peter Wuyts (Bel)
145 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) 155 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel)
146 Youri Sourkov (Mda) 156 Marc Streel (Bel)
147 Pedro Andrade (Por) 157 Donatas Virbickas (Ltu)
148 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) 158 Erwin Thijs (Bel)
Nurnberger Vlaanderen-T Interim
161 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) 171 Davy Daniels (Bel)
162 Dirk Baldinger (Ger) 172 Jurgen Guns (Bel)
163 Harald Morscher (Aut) 173 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel)
164 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) 174 Nico Sijmens (Bel)
165 Sebastian Wolski (Pol) 175 Tom Stremersch (Bel)
166 Thomas Liese (Ger) 176 Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel)
167 Holger Sievers (Ger) 177 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel)
178 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel)
Cantina Tollo
181 Danilo Di Luca (Ita)
182 Gabriele Colombo (Ita)
183 Filippo Simeoni (Ita)
184 Roberto Conti (Ita)
185 Guido Trenti (USA)
186 Cristian Pepoli (Ita)
187 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita)
188 Andrea Tonti (Ita)
Past winners2000 1 David Canada (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 18.09.31 2 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.51 3 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10 1999 1 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi 17.54.32 2 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.24 3 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 0.42 1998 1 Alberto Elli (Ita) Casino 16.35.03 2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 0.41 3 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno 0.41 1997 1 Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa) 2 Ignacio García Camacho (Spa) 3 Santos González (Spa) 1996 1 Melchor Mauri (Spa) 2 Wladimir Belli (Ita) 3 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) 1995 1 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 2 Erik Breukink (Ned) 3 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 1994 1 Melchor Mauri (Spa) 2 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) 3 H. Díaz Zabala (Spa) 1993 1 Carlos Galarreta (Spa) 2 Laudelino Cubino (Spa) 3 Eddy Bouwmans (Bel) 1992 Alvaro Meija (Col) 1991 José-Luis Villanueva (Spa) 1990 Tom Cordes (Ned) 1989 Marino Alonso (Spa) 1988 Carlos Hernandez-Bailo (Spa) 1987 Pello Ruiz-Cabestany (Spa) 1986 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 1985 José Recio (Spa) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin |