38th Semana Catalana - 2.1

Spain, March 26-30, 2001

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Stage 1 - March 26: Lloret de Mar - Lloret de Mar, 143 km

Angel Edo (Milaneza-MSS) outsprinted Denis Zanette(Liquigas-Pata) and Stefano Garzelli (Mapei-Quick Step) to take this 143km first stage of the Semana Catalana.

The stage was livened up by a break after 46km. Edouard Gritsoun (Tean Coast) and Robbie McEwen (Domo-Farm Frites) escaped from the peloton and built up a six minute lead. But they were caught on the climb of the first category Alto de Sant Grau

Pushing the pace up the Alto de Sant Grau was Marco Pantani (mercatone-Uno). In the his first real show of strength of the season, Pantani led the charge up the col, stretching out the peloton. Lance Armstrong (US Postal) was sitting comfortably on his wheel, but Jan Ullrich (Telekom) found the pace of ascent too great, and eventually trailed in some 11 minutes down.

Roberto Heras (US Postal) also lost time on the climb. Armstrong led the descent, accompanied by a small group, and by the time Ullrich and Heras reached the summit, the weather had deteriorated, with a storm making the road slippery. Ullrich elected not to take any chances on the descent, but several other riders fell.

In the final stages, Edo, riding on his home roads, took the chance to repeat his 1994 success in the Catalan Week. "There were six of my riders in the lead group and when we saw Zabel was not there we worked to get ready for the sprint," said Edo. "I knew that if I could get over the col I had a chance."

Results

1 Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS                      3.25.56 (41.63 km/h)
2 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
4 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
5 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
6 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites
7 Bo Hamburger (Den) CSC-World Online
8 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
9 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone
11 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
12 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.
13 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
14 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service
15 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
16 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online
17 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
18 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
19 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.Com
20 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
21 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina
22 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza-MSS
23 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'
24 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
26 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom
27 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.Com
28 Melchor Mauri (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
29 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step
30 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.Com
31 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS
32 José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.
33 Benjamín Noval (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
34 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) O.N.C.E.
35 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
36 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.
37 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
38 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.Com
39 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
40 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-World Online
41 J.Antonio Flecha (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
42 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone
43 Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
44 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
45 Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
46 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.Com
47 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
48 Alex Zuelle (Swi) Team Coast
49 Victoriano Fernandez (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
50 Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E.
51 Aitor Kintana (Spa) CDA
52 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service
53 Gonçalo Amorim (Por) Milaneza-MSS
54 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Festina                      0.39
55 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
56 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
57 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) CDA
58 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) CDA
59 Juan Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabra    7.01
60 Carlos Torrens (Spa) CDA                             7.55
61 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step
62 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
63 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
64 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank
65 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
66 David George (RSA) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
67 Francisco Garcia (Spa) O.N.C.E.
68 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina
69 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
70 Ivan Sastre (Spa) Festina
71 Cesar Garcia Calvo (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
72 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
73 Isidro Nozal (Spa) O.N.C.E.
74 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service
75 Oscar Mason (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
76 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast
77 Igor Pugaci (Mda) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'
78 Roland Meier (Swi) Team Coast
79 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
80 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
81 José Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             11.51
82 Renato Silva (Por) Milaneza-MSS
83 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
84 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
85 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
86 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone
87 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC-World Online
88 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
89 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service
90 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
91 Rafael Casero (Spa) Festina
92 Justin Spinelli (USA) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'
93 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
94 Rubén Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
95 René Joergensen (Den) CSC-World Online
96 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites
97 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
98 Francesco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.Com
99 Mirko Marini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
100 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step
101 Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Coast
102 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
103 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.Com
104 Francisco José Lara (Spa) Festina
105 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
106 Davide Scalmana (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
107 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
108 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast
109 Antonio Colom (Spa) CDA
110 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
111 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
112 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
113 Martín Garrido (Arg) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
114 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
115 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) CDA
116 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) CDA
117 Germán Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
118 Silvester Szmyd (Pol) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
119 Torsten Nitsche (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'
120 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
121 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service
122 Jose María Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.Com
123 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'
124 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Deutsche Telekom
125 Pablo Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
126 Jason Phillips (Aus) Team Coast
127 Ramon Bianchi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
128 Gian Mario Ortenzi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
129 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast
130 Joan Horrach (Spa) Milaneza-MSS
131 Ivan Parra (Col) O.N.C.E.
132 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
133 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
134 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service
135 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
136 Stefan Rutimann (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
137 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina
138 Nicola Miceli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola
139 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
140 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
141 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service
142 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) CDA
143 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone
144 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone
145 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone
146 Roberto Conti (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone
147 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online              15.05
148 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC-World Online
149 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Cantina Tollo
150 Jamie Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service
151 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
152 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'
153 Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe'
154 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
155 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Domo-Farm Frites               16.19
156 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
157 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast
158 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC-World Online            20.09
no bonifications awarded

Mountains:

Alto de Lloret, Cat 3, 3 km:
1. Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online                    5 pts
2. Antonio Colom (Spa) Jazztel-Costa de Almeria             3
3. Stefan Rutimann (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola       2
4. Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada             1

Alt de Sant Grau, Cat 1, 104 km:
1. Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E.                            10 pts
2. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                           8
3. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-World Online                  7
4. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone        6
5. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS                          5
6. Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                   4
7. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                    3
8. José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.                              2
9. Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                        1

Points on the stage:

Lloret de Mar 1st passage, 78,2 km:            
1. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Domo-Farm Frites                     3 pts
2. Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Coast                        2
3. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa de Almeria         1
         
Tossa de Mar 2nd passage, : 131 km:         
1. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      3 pts
2. Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        2
3. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola        1
            	
Finish:
1. Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS                            25 pts
2. Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                       20
3. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 16
4. Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Albacom               14
5. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     12
6. Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites                    10
7. Bo Hamburger (Den) CSC-World Online                      9
8. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                           8 
9. Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                       7
10. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone       6
11. Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                   5
12. Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.                        4
13. Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 3
14. José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service               2
15. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                         1
            	
Teams: 

1. Domo-Farm Frites                        10.17.48
2. Rabobank          
3. Euskaltel-Euskadi          
4. Milaneza-MSS          
5. CSC-World Online          
6. Mercatone Uno-Albacom          
7. iBanesto.com          
8. ONCE-Würth          
9. Kelme-Costa Blanca          
10. Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada          
11. Mapei-Quick Step                           0.39
12. Jazztel-Costa Almeria                      1.18
13. Team Deutsche Telekom                      7.55
14. US Postal Service         
15. Festina                                    8.34
16. Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola        
17. Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone              11.51
18. Team Coast                                15.50
19. Liquigas-Pata                             19.46
20. Saeco Macchine per cafe             
            	
Mountains classification:

1. Carlos Sastre (Spa) O.N.C.E.                            10 pts
2. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                           8
3. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) CSC-World Online                  7
4. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone        6
5. Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-World Online                    5
6. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Milaneza-MSS                          5
7. Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                   4
8. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                    3
9. Antonio Colom (Spa) Jazztel-Costa de Almeria             3
10. José Azevedo (Por) O.N.C.E.                             2
11. Stefan Rutimann (Swi) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola      2
12. Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                       1
13. Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada            1
            	
Points classification:

1. Angel Edo (Spa) Milaneza-MSS                            25 pts
2. Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                       20
3. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 16
4. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     15
5. Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Albacom               14
6. Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites                    10
7. Bo Hamburger (Den) CSC-World Online                      9
8. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                           8
9. Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                       7
10. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone       6
11. Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                   5
12. Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) O.N.C.E.                        4
13. Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 3
14. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Domo-Farm Frites                    3
15. José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service               2
16. Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                       2
17. Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Coast                       2
18. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                         1
19. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola       1
20. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa de Almeria        1
            	
Sprints classification:

1. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      3 pts
2. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Domo-Farm Frites                     3
3. Eddy Ratti (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        2
4. Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Team Coast                        2
5. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola        1
6. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Jazztel-Costa de Almeria         1