38th Semana-Catalana - 2.1Spain, March 26-30, 20012000 Results Stage list Starting list Past winners PreviewThe most important Spanish stage race in the first part of the season is the five day 799 kilometre Semana Catalana de Ciclisme (Catalan Week). It is given a UCI class of 2.1, which for points purposes is one step down from Paris-Nice or Tirreno-Adriatico. The field is similar in some respects to the recent Tour of Murcia. Lance Armstrong, Roberto Heras (US Postal), Jan Ullrich, Erik Zabel and Andreas Klöden (Telekom), Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno) and Alex Zülle (Team Coast) are some of the better known names on the start list, although most of them aren't in top form yet. The main difference in the route this year is that there is no mountain time trial up Barcelona's Montjuich. However there is certainly no shortage of climbs in the race, with each stage bar the last containing a first category climb. Stage four on March 29 is probably the hardest, finishing on top of the Alto Rassos de Peguera, climbing 980 metres in the last 13 kilometres. The 161.7 kilometre stage also contains two second category climbs.
The Stages
Starting listUS Postal Service O.N.C.E.
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) 11 Jörg Jaksche (Ger)
2 Jamie Burrow (GBr) 12 José Azevedo (Por)
3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) 13 Francisco Garcia (Spa)
4 Roberto Heras (Spa) 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa)
5 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) 15 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa)
6 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) 16 Isidro Nozal (Spa)
7 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) 17 Ivan Parra (Col)
8 Matthew White (Aus) 18 Marcos Serrano (Spa)
Team Deutsche Telekom iBanesto.com
21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) 31 Jose María Jimenez (Spa)
22 Udo Bölts (Ger) 32 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol)
23 Jens Heppner (Ger) 33 Thomas Brozyna (Pol)
24 Matthias Kessler (Ger) 34 Denis Menchov (Rus)
25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) 35 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa)
26 Kevin Livingston (USA) 36 Xabier Zandio (Spa)
27 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) 37 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita)
28 Erik Zabel (Ger) 38 Francesco Javier Vila (Spa)
Mercatone Uno-Albacom Kelme-Costa Blanca
41 Marco Pantani (Ita) 51 Francisco Cabello (Spa)
42 Igor Astarloa (Spa) 52 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa)
43 Marcello Siboni (Ita) 53 José Gutierrez (Spa)
44 Daniel Clavero (Spa) 54 Antonio Tauler (Spa)
45 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) 55 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa)
46 Oscar Mason (Ita) 56 Francisco Leon (Spa)
47 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) 57 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa)
48 Gian Mario Ortenzi (Ita) 58 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa)
Rabobank Euskaltel-Euskadi
61 Michael Boogerd (Ned) 71 Angel Castresana (Spa)
62 Marc Lotz (Ned) 72 Mikel Artetxe (Spa)
63 Bram De Groot (Ned) 73 Rubén Diaz De Cerio (Spa)
64 Erik Dekker (Ned) 74 Bingen Fernandez (Spa)
65 Geert Verheyen (Bel) 75 Igor Flores (Spa)
66 Grischa Niermann (Ger) 76 Alberto Martinez (Spa)
67 Beat Zberg (Swi) 77 Samuel Sanchez (Spa)
68 Karsten Kroon (Ned) 78 Aitor Silloniz (Spa)
Mapei-Quick Step Festina
81 Elio Aggiano (Ita) 92 Francisco José Lara (Spa)
82 Manuel Beltran (Spa) 93 Angel Casero (Spa)
83 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) 94 Rafael Casero (Spa)
84 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) 95 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa)
85 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) 96 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa)
86 David Cañada (Spa) 97 Jaime Hernandez (Spa)
87 Eddy Ratti (Ita) 98 Ivan Sastre (Spa)
88 Antonio Rizzi (Ita)
Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' Team Coast
101 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) 111 Fernando Escartin (Spa)
102 Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) 112 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus)
104 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) 113 Roland Meier (Swi)
105 Armin Meier (Swi) 114 Klaus Mutschler (Ger)
106 Igor Pugaci (Mda) 115 Jason Phillips (Aus)
107 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) 116 Aitor Garmendia (Spa)
108 Justin Spinelli (USA) 117 Bekim Christensen (Den)
118 Alex Zuelle (Swi)
CSC-World Online Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
121 Michael Blaudzun (Den) 131 Peter Luttenberger (Aut)
122 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) 132 Nicola Miceli (Ita)
123 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) 133 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita)
124 Nicki Sorensen (Den) 134 Gianluca Sironi (Ita)
125 Michael Sandstod (Den) 135 Pietro Zucconi (Swi)
126 Bo Hamburger (Den) 136 Stefan Rutimann (Swi)
127 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) 137 David George (RSA)
128 René Joergensen (Den) 138 Silvester Szmyd (Pol)
Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada Liquigas-Pata
141 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) 151 Gianni Faresin (Ita)
142 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) 152 Marco Zanotti (Ita)
143 Martín Garrido (Arg) 153 Denis Zanette (Ita)
144 Germán Nieto (Spa) 154 Daniele Contrini (Ita)
145 Oscar Laguna (Spa) 155 Mirko Marini (Ita)
146 Benjamín Noval (Spa) 156 Ramon Bianchi (Ita)
147 Juan Manuel Vazquez (Spa) 157 Davide Scalmana (Ita)
148 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) 158 Cristian Salvato (Ita)
Jazztel-Costa de Almeria Domo-Farm Frites
161 Antonio Colom (Spa) 171 Axel Merckx (Bel)
162 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) 172 Steve De Wolf (Bel)
163 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) 173 Leif Hoste (Bel)
164 Aitor Kintana (Spa) 174 Steven Kleynen (Bel)
165 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) 175 Dave Bruylandts (Bel)
166 Carlos Torrens (Spa) 176 Robbie McEwen (Aus)
167 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) 177 Koos Moerenhout (Ned)
168 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) 178 Piotr Wadecki (Pol)
Milaneza-MSS Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone
181 Fabian Jeker (Swi) 191 Danilo Di Luca (Ita)
182 Angel Edo (Spa) 192 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa)
183 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) 193 Roberto Conti (Ita)
184 Melchor Mauri (Spa) 194 Filippo Simeoni (Ita)
185 Joan Horrach (Spa) 195 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita)
186 Renato Silva (Por) 196 Simone Masciarelli (Ita)
187 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) 197 Christian Pepoli (Ita)
188 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) 198 Andrea Tonti (Ita)
Past WinnersYear First Second Third
2000 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Javier P. Rodriguez (Spa) Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita)
1999 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Michael Boogerd (Ned) Wladimir Belli (Ita)
1998 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Alex Zülle (Swi)
1997 Juan Carlos Domínguez (Spa) Alex Zülle (Swi) Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus)
1996 Alex Zülle (Swi) Iñigo Cuesta Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
1995 Francesco Frattini (Ita) Alex Zülle (Swi) Aitor Garmendia (Spa)
1994 Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Andy Hampsten (USA)
1993 Pedro Delgado (Spa) Laudelino Cubino (Spa) Laurent Dufaux (Swi)
1992 Alex Zülle (Swi) Iñaki Gastón (Spa) Raúl Alcalá (Mex)
1991 Stephen Roche (Ire) Anselmo Fuerte (Spa) Joaquín Llach (Spa)
1990 Iñaki Gastón (Spa) Tony Rominger (Swi) Raúl Alcalá (Mex)
1989 R. Dietzen (Aut) Pedro Delgado (Spa) P.S. Morales (Col)
1988 Sean Kelly (Ire) A. Fuerte (Spa) Iñaki Gastón (Spa)
1987 Vicente Belda (Spa) P. Hilse (Ger) Miguel Indurain (Spa)
1986 Felipe Yáñez (Spa) Jean-Claude Bagot (Fra) G. Winterberf (Swi)
1985 José Recio (Spa) Phil Anderson (Aus) Felipe Yáñez (Spa)
1984 Phil Anderson (Aus) R. Dietzen (Aut) E. Chozas (Spa)
1983 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) F. Ruperez (Spa) R. Dietzen (Ger)
1982 Jostein Wilmann (Nor) Theo De Rooy (Ned) Tommy Prim (Swe)
1981 Sven-Åke Nilsson (Swe) Vicente Belda (Spa) Alberto Fernandez (Spa)
1980
1979 Claude Crquielion (Bel) F. Ruperez (Spa) Felipe Yáñez (Spa)
1978 Enrique Cima (Spa) Miguel M. Lasa (Spa) P. Vilardebo (Spa)
1977 Freddy Maertens (Bel) J. Bruyere (Bel) Michael Pollentier (Bel)
1976 Eddy Merckx (Bel) Gonzalo Aja (Spa) G. Perletto (Ita)
1975 Eddy Merckx (Bel) Luis Ocaña (Spa) Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1974 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) Eddy Merckx (Bel) J. Agostinho (Por)
1973 Luis Ocaña (Spa) Eddy Merckx (Bel) H Vanspringel (Bel)
1972 Miguel M. Lasa (Spa) Raymond Poulidor (Fra) J. Manzaneque (Spa)
1971 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) Gösta Pettersson (Swe) Luis Ocaña (Spa)
1970 Italo Zilioli (Ita) Raymond Poulidor (Fra) Luis Ocaña (Spa)
1969 Luis Ocaña (Spa) Gonzalez-Linares (Spa) D. Zandegu (Ita)
1968 Mariano Diaz (Spa) L. P. Santamarina (Spa) E. Velez (Spa)
1967 Domingo Perurena (Spa) J. Alomar (Spa) José-Pérez Francés (Spa)
1966 José L. Rodriguez (Spa) A. Gomez del Moral (Spa) J.M. Lasa (Spa)
1965 José L. Talamillo (Spa) A. Bertran (Spa) G. San Miguel (Spa)
1964 José-Pérez Francés (Spa) J. Segu (Spa) E. Velez (Spa)
1963 José-Pérez Francés (Spa) A. Suarez (Spa) F. Manzaneque (Spa)
Mario Stiehl from Berlin compiles the winners lists
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