Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4 and Final GC
The Teams
Once (Spa), Banesto (Spa), Toscaf (Spa), Euskadi (Spa),
TVM (Ned), Progrecer-Tavira (Por), Boavista (Por), Mroz
(Pol), Brandeburg (Ger), Petroleo de Colombia (Spa).
The Stages
Stage 1: Pola de Laviana - Alto de Casa del Puerto (166 km);
Stage 2: Tineo - Grado (164.8 km)
Stage 3: Polo de Lena - Gijon (157 km)
Stage 4: Gijon - Mieres (165.7 km)
1. Coque Uria (Spa) Cafes Toscaf 4.28.51
2. Ramsn Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Banesto + 0.07
3. David Canada (Spa) Once s.t.
4. Cesar Solaum (Spa) Euskadi + 0.10
5. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto + 0.20
6. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto + 0.22
7. Armand de la Cuevas (Fra) Banesto + 0.45
8. Roberto Laiseca (Spa) Euskadi + 1.08
9. Alvarez Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Euskadi + 1.19
10. Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) TVM + 1.25
Stage 1 Report
Coque Uria from Team Deportpublic-Toscaf won the first
stage of the 32nd edition of la Vuelta Ciclista a los
Valles Mineros, which was constested between Pola de
Laviana & el Alto de la Casa del Puerto, with 166 km.
With 77 riders starting the stage, the action started
at 23 km, when Portuguese Pedro Lopes from Team
Progrecer-Tavira left the peloton on a lone adventure
and rolled for 112 km by himself, reaching a maximum
advantage of 11 minutes. But with 50 km to go
Deportpublic-Toscaf, ONCE & Banesto came to the front
and brought him back. With Lopes caught this three
teams plus Euskadi, went to the front and reduced the
peloton to about 30 riders. Which was further
intensifies with 7 km to go, when a group of 7 riders
was formed, including Laurent
Jalabert, Uria, David Canada (ONCE), Marino Alonso,
Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta, Aitor Osa (Banesto) & Cesar
Solaum (Euskadi).
ONCE rider, David Canada was able to separate from the
small group but was joined by Coque Uria, who beat him
at the line. The second stage will be disputed
tomorrow between Tineo & Grado, over 165 km.
1. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto) 3h.59:29
2. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE
3. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskadi
4. Steffen Kjaergaard (Ned) TVM
5. Jose Ramon Uriarte (Spa) Banesto
6. Coque Uria (Spa) Deportpublic-Toscaf
7. Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto
8. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto
9. Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Banesto
10. David Canada (Spa) ONCE all s.t.
General Classification:
1. Coque Uria (Spa) Deportpublic-Toscaf 8.28:20
2. Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 0.07
3. David Canada (Spa) ONCE
4. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto 0.20
5. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banest 0.22
6. Cesar Solaum (Spa) Euskadi 0.43
7. Armand de la Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 0.45
8. Roberto Laiseca (Spa) Euskadi 1:08
9. Steffen Kjaergaard (Ned) TVM 1:19
10. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE 1:21
Stage 2 Report
The Banesto
rider, Marino Alonso won today at the second stage of
the XXXII Vuelta Ciclista a los Valles Mineros, which
was contested between Tineo & Grado, over 165 km, with
Coque Uria (Deportpublic-Toscaf) Ned) ding the overall
lead. The race was marked on the final section by a
storm, with strong rain and ice, which caused many
falls. The early stage went calmly, without escape
attempts and with the front controlled by the leader's
team, Deportpublic-Toscaf. But at the 50 km mark, Kiko
Garcia (ONCE), Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Euskadi) &
Carlos Teixeira (Recer Boavista) jumped from the group
and working well together opened a gap. Their maximum
difference was 5 min at km 107, with Gonzalez de
Galdeano becoming the leader on the road, which caused
Deportpublic-Toscaf, Banesto & TVM to take an
initiative at the front and cut the difference.
The breakaway ended at km 132, on the first ascent of
Alto de La Cabruqana, with an attack by Frenchman from
Banesto, Armand de la Cuevas & Luis Perez, from ONCE.
At the same time that these riders jumped, the storm
began, which caused the peloton to become Fra) gmented,
leaving about 25 riders in front, including the
leader, Coque Uria. The two riders were hunted at 4 km
from Grado and on the finish line, Marino Alonso beat
David Etxebarria in the sprint. The third stage will
be tomorrow, Pola de Lena-Gijon, over 157 km.
1. David Etxebarria (Spa) Once 4.03.50
2. Nicholas Jalabert (Fra) Once s.t.
3. Jose Ramsn Uriarte (Spa) Banesto + 1.35
4. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto
5. Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Euskadi
6. Oscar Lspez (Spa) Euskadi
7. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto
8. Luis Perez (Spa) Once
9. Coque Uria (Spa) Cafes Toscaf
10. David Canada (Spa) Once all s.t.
Overall:
1. Coque Uria (Spa) Cafes Toscaf 12.33.45
2. David Canada (Spa) Once + 0.07
3. Ramsn Gonzalez Arrieta (Spa) Banesto s.t.
4. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto + 0.20
5. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto + 0.22
6. Cesar Solaum (Spa) Euskadi + 0.43
7. Roberto Laiseca (Spa) Euskadi + 1.08
8. Luis Perez (Spa) Once + 1.21
9. Jose Ramsn Uriarte (Spa) Banesto + 1.29
10. Jose Manuel Garcia (Spa) Cafes Toscaf s.t.
Stage 3 Report
David Etxebarria (ONCE)
won today the third stage of 32nd Vuelta Ciclista a
los Valles Mineros, which was constested between Pola de
Lena & Gijon, over 157 km, after an escape with his
teammate, Nicholas Jalabert, while Coque Uria retains
the overall lead. The stage became active almost from
the start, since from the first climb, the Alto del
Cordal (km.17), a group of eight was formed, which
included Jalabert. On the descent, Etxebarria,
Colombian Hugo Bolivar & Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano
also took some meters from the peloton and were later
joined by Jalabert. This group rolled together to the
climb of Alto de San Esteban, km 50, pint at which the
ONCE riders imposed a strong tempo and left their
companions. Etxebarria & Jalabert rode the rest of the
stage by themsleves, reaching a maximum advantage of
six minutes. Deportpublic-Toscaf, together with TVM
and Banesto to a lesser degree accelerated the rhtytm
and started to cut the advantage until they reached
the last climb with 3:15 of advantage. Nicholas
Jalabert allowed Extebarria to win at the finish line.
The race will conclude tomorrow with the stage between
Gijon-Mieres, over 166 km, with the climbs of La
Providencia (3rd), El Pedroso (3rd), La Campa (2nd),
La Camperona (2nd) & la Colladona (1st).
1. Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Euskadi 4.09.52
2. Kiko Garcia (Spa) Once s.t.
3. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM + 0.57
4. David Etxebarria (Spa) Once
5. Igor Flores (Spa) Euskadi
6. Achmed Wolke (Ger) Adler Brandenburg
7. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto
8. Coque Uria (Spa) Cafes Toscaf
9. Aitor Bugallo (Spa) Euskadi
10. Alvaro Mejia (Col) Petrolero all s.t.
Final overall:
1. Coque Uria (Spa) Cafes Toscaf 16.44.34
2. David Canada (Spa) Once + 0.07
3. Marino Alonso (Spa) Banesto + 0.20
4. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto + 0.22
5. Cesar Solaum (Spa) Euskadi + 0.43
6. Roberto Laiseca (Spa) Euskadi + 1.08
7. Luis Perez (Spa) Once + 1.21
8. Jose Ramon Uriarte (Spa) Banesto + 1.29
9. Jose Manuel Garcia (Spa) Cafes Toscaf m.t.
10. Oscar Lopez (Spa) Euskadi + 2.10
Stage 4 Report
Coque Uria,
Asturian rider for Deportpublic-Toscaf, achieved today
his first victory as a professional, when he won the
general classification of la XXXII Vuelta Ciclista a
los Valles Mineros, with the last stage being disputed
between Gijon & Mieres, over 166 km, which was won by
Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano, from Team Euskadi. Uria won
the first stage and kept the leader's jersey for three
days, today being the toughest stage he faced as
leader. The first 57 km were quiet and without too
many problems for the leader. But the attacks started
soon, by Cesar Solaum & Roberto Laiseca, from Euskadi,
together with Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta, from Banesto.
Joined later by Armand de las Cuevas (Banesto).
Deportpublic-Toscaf started pulling and was able to
neutralize them. In the descent of la Camperona there
was a fall that caused Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta & from
TVM, Steffen Kjeargaard, to abandon. The Banesto rider
suffered a broken clavicle. The decisive escape would
come at km 80, when Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano & Unai
Etxebarria, both from Euskadi, jumped from the peloton
together with ONCE's Kiko Garcia. In the descent of La
Colladona they were joined by ONCE's Luis Perez, 8th
in the overall at 1.21 from Uria. This riders are the
ones that got the leader in trouble and for a few
kilometers they had an advantage as big as 2:14
minutes with 30km to go. But Deportpublic-Toscaf was
able to cut the advantage, until 12km from the finish
Luis Perez dropped from the breakaway and was hunted
by the peloton. Later the only ones left in front were
Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano & Kiko Garcia, which would
dispute the final victory. Gonzalez de Galdeano was
the first one to attack and was able to stay in front
until the finish line.
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