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1996 Results and Reports
Stage One PreviewSpaniard Aitor Garmendia (ONCE) and Russian Eugeni Berzin (Batik del Monte) are the favorites for the overall victory at the XV vuelta al Alentejo, which will be disputed between the 23 and 27 of the month in the roads of Southern Portugal. The race will count on the participation of 15 teams, witha total of 120 cyclists. La Vuelta al Alentejo was won by Miguel Indurain last year.RouteStage 1: Serpa-Beja, 171 kms. Stage 2: Mertola-Montemor-o-Novo 187 kms. Stage 3: Arraiolos-Castelo de Vide, 186 kms. Stage 4: Castelo de Vide-Reguengos de Monsaraz, 211 kms. Stage 5: Redondo-Evora, individual time trial, 34.5 kms. Stage 1, Serpa-Beja, 171 kms:1. Nicola Minali (Ita) Batik Del Monte 4.27.02 2. Saulius Sarkauskas (Lit) Boavista 3. Domingo Segado (Por) Tavira all s.t. 4. Anguita (Spa) 5. Vieira (Por) 10. G. Colombo (Ita) 20. Berzin (Rus) Stage 2, Mirtola-Montemor o Novo, 187 km:1. Saulius Sarkauskas (Lit) Boavista 4.37.25 (40,445 km/h) 2. Javier Mauleon (Spa) Once 3. Gonzalo Amorim (Por) Tavira all s.t. Overall:1. Saulius Sarkauskas (Lit) Boavista 9.04.27 2. Javier Mauleon (Spa) Once 3. Gonzalo Amorim (Por) Tavira both s.t. 4. Eluterio Anguita (Spa) Toscaf + 0.02 5. Domingo Segado (Por) Tavira s.t. Report Stage 2Lithuanian Saulius Sarkaukas, from Team Recer Boavista, becomes the new overall leader at la Vuelta al Alentejo when he won the second stage in a sprint finish. Sarlaukas spent 4 hours, 37 minutes and 25 seconds in covering the 187 kms between Mertola and Montemor o Novo, beating in the final sprint Spaniard Javier Mauleon (ONCE) and Portuguese Gonzalo Amorim (Progecer-Tavira). Some of the favorites came in at 2 seconds from the winner, like Portuguese Vitor Gamito (Toscaf), Russian Eugeni Berzin (Batik-Del Monte) and Spaniard Aitor Garmendia (ONCE). Those three riders stay at 2 seconds from the leader Sarkauskas, who has a total time of 9:04.27 hours. The 'Queen Stage' will be disputed tomorrow, over 186 kms. between Arraiolois and Castelo de Vide, which will go over two category one climbs and one category three for the mountain prize.Stage 3, Arraiolos-Castelo de Vide, 186 km:1. Alberto Volpi (Ita) Batik-Del Monte 4.38.41 (40,021 km/h) 2. Javier Mauleon (Spa) Once + 0.01 3. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Once + 0.02 Overall:1. Javier Mauleon (Spa) Once 13.43.09 2. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Once + 0.02 3. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Batik-Del Monte + 0.07 4. Evgeni Berzin (Rus) Batik-Del Monte) + 0.11 Stage 4, Castelo de Vide-Reguengos de Monsaraz, 211 km:1. Nicola Minali (Ita) Batik-Del Monte 5.22.31 (39,253 km/h 2. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Batik-Del Monte 3. Manuel Liberato (Por) Troiamarisaco 4. Saulius Sarkauskas (Lit) Boavista all s.t. 5. Carlos Pierna (Spa) + 0.02 6. Gonzalo Pato (Spa) 7. Herminio Dmaz Zabala (Spa) Once both s.t. Overall:1. Javier Mauleon (Spa) Once 19.05.52 2. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Once + 0.04 3. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Batik-Del Monte + 0.10 4. Evgeni Berzin (Rus) Batik-Del Monte + 0.12 5. Alberto Volpi (Ita) Batik-Del Monte + 0.14 Stage 5, Redondo-Evora (ITT), 34.5 km:1. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Once 43.07 (48,009 km/h) 2. Vitor Gamito (Pur) Toscaf + 0.38 3. David Caqada (Spa) Once + 0.40 4. Javier Maulesn (Spa) Once + 0.44 5. Evgeni Berzin (Rus) Batik-Del Monte + 1.08Final overall:1. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Once 19.49.03 2. Javier Maulesn (Spa) Once + 0.40 3. David Caqada (Spa) Once + 0.57 4. Vmtor Gamito (Por) Toscaf + 1.13 5. Evgeni Berzin (Rus) Batik-Del Monte + 1.16 Teams final:1. Once (Spa) 59.8.32 2. Toscaf (Spa) + 6.06 3. Batik-Del Monte (Mon) + 6.53 4. Maia-Cin (Por) + 8.01 5. Recer-Boavista (Por) + 12.53 |