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Euskal Bizikleta-Bicicleta Vasca - 2.1
Spain, June 5-9, 2002
2001 Results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - June 5: Billabona-Usurbil, 160.3 km
- Stage 2 - June 6: Usurbil-Zeanuri, 171.5 km
- Stage 3 - June 7: Zeanuri-Agurain, 185.3 km
- Stage 4a - June 8: Agurain-Mendaro, 93.7 km
- Stage 4b - June 8: Mendaro-Mendaro, 21.3 km ITT
- Stage 5 - June 9: Iurreta-Arrate, 148 km
Preview
The Euskal Bizikleta-Bicicleta Vasca 2002 will be held over the next five days between June 5-9. Classified as 2.1 on the UCI calendar, the race will see the best Spanish teams and riders in action, including last year's top two, Juan Carlos Dominguez (Phonak) and Joseba Beloki (ONCE). In addition, Giro d'Italia stars Juan Manuel Garate and Aitor Gonzalez will also be on the start line in Billabona.
Mapei will be sending a strong Spanish team, with Oscar Freire, David Cañada, and Pedro Horrillo, along with Miguel Martinez, Elio Aggiano, and Charly Wegelius. Lampre will be led by Garate, with Raimondas Rumsas, Mariano Piccoli and Johan Verstrepen riding in support.
The race is suited to the climbers who can time trial, and Beloki and Aitor Gonzalez will all have excellent chances. Stage 2 includes the cat. 1 Urkiola climb but the toughest stage is the final one from Iurreta-Arrata, containing three cat. 1 climbs, including the finishing climb to Arrate.
Start List
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1 Martin Elminger (Swi) 11 Oscar Freire (Spa)
2 Iker Camaño (Spa) 12 Elio Aggiano (Ita)
3 Christian Charriere (Swi) 13 David Cañada (Spa)
4 David Derepas (Fra) 14 Pedro Horrillo (Spa)
5 Marco Fertonani (Ita) 15 Miguel Martinez (Fra)
6 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) 17 Charles Wegelius (GBr)
7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa)
8 Denis Bertolini (Ita)
iBanesto.com ONCE-Eroski
21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) 31 Joseba Beloki (Spa)
22 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) 32 José Azevedo (Por)
23 Santiago Blanco (Spa) 33 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa)
24 Koldo Gil (Spa) 34 Abraham Olano (Spa)
25 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) 35 Ivan Parra (Col)
26 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) 36 Mikel Pradera (Spa)
27 Jon Odriozola (Spa) 37 Marcos Serrano (Spa)
28 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) 38 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa)
Kelme-Costa Blanca Lampre-Daikin
41 David Muñoz (Spa) 51 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa)
42 Francisco Cabello (Spa) 52 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita)
43 Juan Miguel Cuenca (Spa) 53 Mariano Piccoli (Ita)
44 José Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) 54 Matteo Frutti (Ita)
45 Leandro Navarrete (Spa) 55 Marco Pinotti (Ita)
46 Julian Usano (Spa) 56 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu)
47 José Angel Vidal (Spa) 57 Marco Serpellini (Ita)
48 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) 58 Johan Verstrepen (Bel)
Euskaltel-Euskadi Alessio
61 David Etxebarria (Spa) 71 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita)
62 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) 72 Andrea Brognara (Ita)
63 Igor Flores (Spa) 73 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita)
64 Iñaki Isasi (Spa) 74 Davide Frattini (Ita)
65 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) 75 Angelo Furlan (Ita)
66 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) 76 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda)
67 Iban Mayo (Spa) 77 Aleksandar Nikacevic (Yug)
68 Aitor Silloniz (Spa)
Cofidis Relax-Fuenlabrada
81 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) 91 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa)
82 Daniel Atienza (Spa) 92 David Fernandez (Spa)
83 Mederic Clain (Fra) 93 Pablo Fernandez (Spa)
84 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) 94 Martín Garrido (Arg)
85 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) 95 Iban Herrero (Spa)
86 Chris Peers (Bel) 96 Sergio Perez (Spa)
87 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) 97 David Vazquez (Spa)
88 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 98 Sergio Villamil (Spa)
Mercatone Uno Milaneza-MSS
103 Luca De Angeli (Ita) 111 Angel Edo (Spa)
104 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) 112 Rui Lavarinhas (Por)
105 Valentino Fois (Ita) 113 Vitoriano Fernandez (Spa)
106 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) 114 Pedro Cardoso (Por)
107 Roberto Savoldi (Ita) 115 Paulo Barroso (Por)
108 Pablo Soler Siles (Spa) 116 Klaus Möller (Den)
117 Joan Horrach (Spa)
118 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por)
Jazztel-Costa De Almeria La Francaise Des Jeux
121 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) 131 Christophe Mengin (Fra)
122 Jose Garrido (Spa) 132 Jimmy Casper (Fra)
123 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) 133 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra)
124 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) 134 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra)
125 Carlos Golbano (Spa) 135 Franck Pencole (Fra)
126 Juan Guillamon (Spa) 136 Franck Perque (Fra)
127 Ricardo Valdes (Spa) 137 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra)
128 José Luis Martinez (Spa) 138 Matthew Wilson (Aus)
Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo CCC-Polsat
141 M.A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) 151 Andre Teteriouk (Kza)
142 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) 152 Quintino Rodrigues (Por)
143 Agustín Peña Gago (Spa) 153 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol)
144 Massimo Giunti (Ita) 154 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr)
145 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) 155 Dawid Krupa (Pol)
146 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) 156 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol)
147 Rubén Lobato Elvira (Spa) 158 Cezary Zamana (Pol)
148 Kyryl Pospyeyev (Ukr)
De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa
161 Vitali Kokorine (Rus)
162 Andrus Aug (Est)
163 Michele Gobbi (Ita)
164 Devis Miorin (Ita)
165 Alberto Ongarato (Ita)
166 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita)
167 Fabio Testi (Ita)
168 Remmert Wielinga (Ned)
Past winners
2001 Juan Carlos Domínguez Domínguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 2000 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1999 David Etxeberria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1998 Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto 1997 Abraham Olano (Spa) Banesto 1996 Miguel Indurain (Spa) Banesto 1995 Jewgeni Berzin (Rus) Gewiss 1994 Stefano Della-Santa (Ita) Mapei 1993 Pjotr Ugrumow (Lat) Mecair 1992 Franco Chioccioli (Ita) GB-MG Boys 1991 Gianni Bugno (Ita) Château d'Ax Previously : Criterium de Côte d'Arrate (1941-1990) Past winners courtesy of Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
